ACTS ballerina shoes: (from left to right) Contrapose dance dancers Catherine Murcek, Lucy Warren-Whitman, Courtney Peix, Jenny Lustig, Nina Brindamour, and Lindsey Ridgeway in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS bear: Contrapose Dance dancer Nina Brindamour as the Bear in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS ballerina: Contrapose Dance dancer Jenny Lustig as the Ballerina in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS elves on floor: LaPierre School of Dance (Reading, MA) students (from left to right) Natalie Vinciguerra, Rachel Doherty, Paige Donahue, Sydney Willwerth, Jaime Greenwood, Meghan Dwyer, Emma Girouard, Vanessa Espinola, Shauna Turenne, Kaitlin Powers, and Emilie Whitehouse as elves in Contrapose Dance’s “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS elves search: Paige Donahue leads five elves on a search for the toys in Contrapose Dance’s “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS empty present: (from left to right) Lapierre School of Dance (Reading, MA) students Emma Girouard and Meghan Dwyer with Contrapose Dance dancers Lindsey Ridgeway and Courtney Peix in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS jackinthebox: (from left to right) Contrapose Dance dancers Catherine Murcek and Lucy Warren-Whitman watch Lindsey Ridgeway as the as the Jack-in-the-box in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS lets dance: (from left to right) Lapierre School of Dance (Reading, MA) students Amy Stone, Madeline Grimm, Rachel Doherty, Vanessa Espinola with Contrapose Dance dancers Courtney Peix, Catherine Murcek, Lucy Warren-Whitman, Jenny Lustig, and Nina Brindamour in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS RAandA: Contrapose Dance dancers Catherine Murcek and Lucy Warren-Whitman as Raggedy Ann and Andy in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS soldier: (from left to right) Contrapose Dance dancers Jenny Lustig as the ballerina and Courtney Peix as the soldier in “A Christmas Toy Story”

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ACTS wind: LaPierre School of Dance (Reading, MA) students (from left to right), Natalie Vinciguerra and Sydney Willwerth as wind minions in Contrapose Dance’s “A Christmas Toy Story”

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