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Sunday, January 05, 2014

Pittsburgh Ballet tailors 'Nutcracker' to children with disabilities

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: As a little girl, Jill Horner had a holiday tradition of driving Downtown with her mother to see the Sugar Plum Fairy and toys come to life in a performance of "The Nutcracker."
It was something that she'd always wanted to share with her own daughter, 7-year-old Peyton. But nervous about how Peyton, who has Down syndrome, would react to hours in a dark theater with limited ability to take breaks, she'd been too nervous to try.

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