Thread by @InsideEdition

THREAD: For these young professional ballet dancers, the pandemic is just the latest stress in a high-pressure career full of them. – @LeighTVReporter
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1/ As ballet classes slowly resume @sfballet, with only five people allowed in the dance room, 20-year-old Joshua Jack Price continues honing his technique from afar.
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2/ “My return to San Francisco is a delicate balance of following my dream and staying healthy. When the time is right, I can't wait to see all my inspiring coworkers again.” – Joshua Jack Price, @sfballet dancer
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3/ Price, who’s a first-year company member of the @sfballet, has been sheltering in place in his hometown of Queensland, Australia. He takes class in one room over Zoom, while his teacher is in the other room.
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4/ For the first months of lockdown, Price practiced ballet in his childhood home on a little piece of vinyl flooring. He spends 2-3 hours a day on his craft. But forget about keeping up with those grande jettes, turns and leaps – too dangerous right now. 
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5/ Practice for 18-year-old ballerina Zoe Lucich had been going similarly. “I can't work on my jump ... But I can work on other things, like my turnout. It's a time to reflect on different things.”
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6/ Lucich is fortunate to have a wooden stage outside her home in San Anselmo, California to practice on in the warmer months. She’s often taking technique barre classes and practicing a routine from “The Sleeping Beauty.”
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7/ “It’s a really hard solo. It takes a lot of control, which I really need to practice. Forgive me, I'm out of shape right now, because of the conditions and the pandemic, but I'm trying my best.” – Zoe Lucich, @sfballet school graduate
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8/ Lucich now enters @sfballet’s trainee program. Trainees are treated like professional dancers. The work day starts at 10, and ends at 6 or 7 on non-performance days. When there’s a show, the day extends three to four hours. 
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9/ Lucich left public school in the middle of eighth grade to pursue her dream. “It got to a point where it was too hard. I felt like I was living two different lives. I couldn't handle it. It was too much for me.”
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For @LeighTVReporter’s full story For Professional Teen Ballet Dancers, a Pandemic Is the Latest Stress in a High-Pressure Career Full of Them:
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