Years of training lead up to one-time performance.

                                        
   Born as matches but meeting an artist’s death....



 


 ... these fragile wooden creatures retire after their legs catch fire and are reduced to ashes on stage.




        Years of training lead up to this one-time performance, after which they achieve eternal glory.



Burnt leg of a match ballerina "of foot".

                                       
                      Burnt head of a match ballerina "of head" .

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 There are diffrent kinds of match ballerina, varying in size and match type.


From the tiniest to the tallest.