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"Oh, so she's already docked in the Mediterranean?" Gemma smirks, having finally matched the movie star face to a name. "Having to cross the Atlantic is such a bore, truly." Her head cants to the side, studying his reactions and every little tell. It bothers her, in a petty way, that he loops her in with the rest of the company - decorations to move about in the set dressing of his life. She's the youngest dancer to be promoted to principle in decades, goddamn it, not some pretty accessory. "Cold isn't the problem," her lilting cadence lends musicality to her voice, lovely enough to mask the disdain. "Rather timing, it is Nutcracker season." Something in her freezes though, at how easily he speaks of approval - are there bargains she's not privy to? Is the director already auctioning off her affections now that he can claim them for his own? "Perhaps come January." She steps closer, playing the part even though no one has asked it of her yet. "Until then, you simply must come see us - how is next Sunday? I am on for Snow and Sugar Plum." Banal, yes, but a seasonal staple - she takes a drink with the same aristocratic aloofness. "You can even have the van Rhijn box, they will have seen enough."

“ even   i   wouldn't   enjoy   that   -   i   was   more   thinking   italy,   or   spain.      ”      somewhere   warm,      where   there'd   be   no   excuse   to   remain   in   suits   and   jumpers.      “      lord   knows   your   directors   wouldn't   much   approve   of   me   taking   their   dancers   out   into   the   cold.         ”   

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Gemma van Rhijn in archival Vivienne Westwood at Versailles

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"Right," Gemma reaches across the man for the bottle of champagne, this conversation clearly requires more bubbles. "It is well known that the very best sailing occurs on the Hudson in November." She offers an almost too saccharine smile.

       ↳       @gemmaismss :      charles   &   gemma

“ personally,      i   think   you and the   rest   of   the   ballet   corps   will   quite   enjoy   your   time   on   the   contessa.      ”   

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hall of mirrors ; open !

Gemma never could resist a mirror. It's not vanity, though she does little to dispel this rumor. Rather – habit, and perfectionism so deeply ingrained through decades of training that she has little choice but to obsessively check her lines and posture. There is the slightest shift, shoulders drifting back millimeters as she studies herself until she is performance ready. But the usual meticulous self-critique blurs a bit at the edges, champagne maybe, or something else. Anything to dull the knife’s edge of raw emotion constantly tugging from both ends. She loses herself for just a moment, the girl in the mirror shifts into ghost – just another lovely thing to haunt these halls. And then she is not alone, lithe fingers clutching at her chest. “Christ, you startled me – “ Gemma is back on stage, smile balancing perfectly between expressive charm and aristocratic aloofness. “I thought you might be one of the ghosts, places this old and full of history must be haunted.”

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Alva Bratt as Felicia Kroon

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Alva Bratt via Instagram stories, 05/09/2023.

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Alva Bratt photographed by Martin Kiessling, March of 2023.

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Alva Bratt via irisnoren on Instagram, 07/16/2023.

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Florence Welch, interviewed by Steffanee Wang for Nylon Entertainment

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Alva Bratt as Felicia Kroon [Eagles SVT S4 Trailer]