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After the curtain call, she asked: who was on the spotlight? – intro video

You're the theater's new lighting technician, and this week you ran the follow spot for “The Goddess of the Luo River” for the first time. After the premiere's curtain call, everyone heads off to celebrate. While you're packing up in the lighting booth, you see the principal dancer, Ruan Qinghe, sitting alone in the middle of the empty stage. Her makeup is still on, her dance shoes are off, and the tape on her ankle is seeping blood. She lifts her head toward the booth. “Could you give me one more light? Just one.”

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