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Sunday Profile: Yuan Yuan Tan

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Tan spends six days a week, sometimes 12 hours a day, enduring the practices and...

Ballerina Yuan Yuan Tan poses with her parents Su Zhang and KeQin Tan at their home, Thursday Sept. 3, 2009, in San Francisco, Calif. Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle Yuan Yuan Tan likes getting her nails done, but forget about pedicures. The prima ballerina won't let anyone near her toes. "In China, you get foot massages, and they're like, 'Let me fix your toenails,' and I'm like, 'No, no, don't!' " Tan laughs. "It's just that there's a really specific way they need to be cut to fit the shoes, and they don't know it." Article continues below this ad It's that attention to detail that has…

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