Word: ballets
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...student. But today she’s living her four-year-old dream to dance on the stage of the Wang Center, a Boston landmark that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. O’Leary is enthused about performing on the same stage as the esteemed Boston Ballet company. “I can appreciate how much more magnificent it is to perform in front of a million people,” she says en route to the Wang. “I know the likelihood of getting to do that isn’t great, since I won?...
From the back row of red velvet chairs, the stage looks enormous. If O’Leary was pirouetting with Viktor Plotnikov and Larissa Ponomarenko of the Boston Ballet, she’d be in front of an audience of 3,700 with a 60-piece orchestra playing the strains of the “Nutcracker Suite.” Today, she will tread the boards to take in the entire 4,800 square feet of performance space solo...
...Leary begins with a stretch, resting her elbows on the sprung dance floor with her legs in a full split. Toes flex and point in well-worn canvas ballet shoes. And with a smooth of her bun, the would-be prima ballerina is ready to dance...
...English concentrator in Quincy House, O’Leary has maintained an active physical schedule outside the classroom. She danced with the Harvard Ballet Company for two years before taking time off to train for the Marathon. Last year she completed the Boston marathon in four hours, twenty-five minutes...
...Leary finds herself continually drawn back to ballet, however. She attended Harvard’s Ballet II/III class this year, and plans to continue dance next year. Teaching isn’t out of the question either. “It would be a great way to pick up extra money...