One woman was hauled backward by her thigh as she stood on point in arabesque. Another was partnered as she knelt on one foreleg. (I can't remember where her other leg was. Around her neck?) After completing this without injuring themselves, the dancers all ran back through the dark doors. 
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<BR>From a Joan Acocella's review on a NYCB show.
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