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“Thank you, dear Lucia”: American Ballet Theatre celebrates 75 years

January 12, 2015 – 10:50 am

Two years before the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt began to

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Death of the first ballerina to dance Juliet

October 14, 2012 – 8:44 am

Balletâ€™s first Juliet, Zora Semberova, has died at the age of 99. Her daughter, Pamela St Clair-Johnson, said she passed

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Ratmansky’s Cinderella tops the bill for the Australian Ballet in 2013

September 5, 2012 – 5:41 am

The big catch of 2013 for the Australian Ballet is one of the worldâ€™s most acclaimed choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky. His

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Semberova, the first Juliet

May 31, 2012 – 7:46 am

In a suburban street in Adelaide, a 99-year old woman lives with her dog, Mischa. Heâ€™s the second dog in

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Prokofiev and the elusive search for happiness

December 7, 2011 – 6:26 am

Renaissance Venice, Antarctica, a Tibetan temple, a Bollywood wedding and the lovers’ death in the desert are all part of

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