VIDEO: Saving the Texas Ballet Theater
For about a month, dancers from the financially-strapped company lived a dual life: rehearsing for the season's opening performance at The Majestic in Dallas while trying to raise money to ensure that the show would go on. The Star-Telegram chronicles their frantic efforts in this mini-documentary program. Video by Joyce Marshall and Jen Friedberg
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