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Alan Malouf (left) helps his friend Elisabeth Thieriot keep her gown dry while moving from dinner to the performance during a rainstorm at the San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, January 19, 2012.This photograph is of a candid moment and was not directed in any way.

Alan Malouf (left) helps his friend Elisabeth Thieriot keep her gown dry while moving from dinner to the performance during a rainstorm at the San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

This photograph is of a candid moment and was not directed in any way.