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Online magic is possible. Audiences wear online Christmas gala of the Dutch National Ballet on their hands

I want snow, or glitter, swirling down from the stage tower onto the dancers. A winter landscape where dancers with white tutus make dazzling patterns, presents under a giant, illuminated Christmas tree; something to cherish a sparkling Christmas feeling in these dark days.

I got something better in its place.

Like the gala says: Christmas is not at all about frills and external trappings. It's about something inside. A longing for something that remains ...

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Ruben Brugman

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I want snow, or glitter, swirling down from the stage tower onto the dancers. A winter landscape where dancers with white tutus make dazzling patterns, presents under a giant, illuminated Christmas tree; something to cherish a sparkling Christmas feeling in these dark days.

I got something better in its place.

Like the gala says: Christmas is not at all about frills and external trappings. It's about something inside. A longing for something that remains ...

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