Dance Sugarplum

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Royal Ballet proudly presents the return of a beloved Christmas classic: The Nutcracker</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His eyes stick to me burning my skin as I twirl across the stage. My legs ache with exhaustion and my head spins but his hunger pushes me to excellence.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His voice echoes in my mind each step reminding me that my best isn't enough anymore. This Christmas he's the only thing between me and rock bottom.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mikhail is the only director brave enough to take a has-been like me but I'm not foolish to think his acts are born out of kindness. His price is high and his demands are darker</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Snow flurries sugar plums and sweet magic.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm the broken nutcracker's doll and I enter his world willingly knowing there's no coming back.</span></p>