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Show music, "long necks", clap, clap "long bodies," clap, clap, "long arms." Kim tried to make her arms move gracefully like Margot Fonteyn. 'A good dancer,' she could hear Mr. Flugman say, 'must make even the most difficult steps look natural.' Kim. flexed, then relaxed her muscles, the way Mr. Flugman had shown her how to do before recitals. But how could she relax with Mrs. Trion examining her as if she were a pig at a fair? After a series of jetes, Miss Trion asked the girls to step to the outside of the studio so she could study the body structure of the new students. She glided over to a tall red haired girl who was first at the barre, asking her to raise her leg backwards as far as possible into the air. As soon as Isabel saw that Miss Trion's attention was fully occupied, she turned to Kim in a whisper. "Where did you train?" "Gridley Falls." Isabel screwed up her face. "Gridley what?" "Gridley Falls," Kim whispered. "In Idaho." "Oh, really." Isabel threw her chin into the air. "I didn't know they had ballet in Idaho." Luckily, Miss Trion stepped alongside of Kim before Kim had to answer Isabel. It was her turn to be examined. She 33 |
