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I agree.CLASSIC VEGAS A BEHIND-THE- SCENES PEEK AT THE TRADITION AND TITILLATING TALENT THAT PUT SIN CITY ON THE MAP BY GARY DRETZKA PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOMAS MUSCIONICO he last place most people would expect to find a Folies Berg ere dancer during her hard-earned break?╟÷in the hour between the early "covered" show and topless nightcap?╟÷would be anywhere near the stage from which she had just exited. On one unseasonably warm night in March, however, nearly a dozen hoofers took over various corners of the Tropicana show room's stage to chat with guests, pose for pictures and, yes, dance. Several Folies staffers watched a fine captain as she auditioned a stunningly tall redhead in a Danskin bikini, while a half-dozen sprightly members of the corps pranced around the footlights in their sweats. At stage right, featured dancers Stephanie Shaw and Chris Nicholson?╟÷who had just completed three steamy and strenuous duets together-^rehearsed their tango in muscle-revealing workout clothes. Other singers and dancers found backstage niches of their own in which to stretch and meditate. Not everyone used this calm between the storms to hone their craft, however. Most of the cast and crew did what everyone else in town does when given a break: They napped, snacked, gossiped and read their 76 Vegas