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Ballet dancers square off in documentary

By Jeffrey Gantz

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    May 13, 2012

First position in ballet is the one in which you turn your feet out so that the heels touch and the feet try to form a straight line. First position in any competition is everybody’s goal. So it’s no surprise that “First Position” is the name of first-time filmmaker — and Brookline native — Bess Kargman’s new ballet-competition documentary, which opened this past Friday at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge.

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