Posts Tagged "dance historian"
(271) Lynn Garafola, Dance Historian, on Bronislava Nijinska
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Read More(263) Alastair Macaulay on ‘The Nutcracker’
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Read More(120) Alastair Macaulay on Marius Petipa
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Read More(33) Dance Historian Doug Fullington on ‘Le Baiser de la Fée’ or ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’
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Read More(23) PNB’s Doug Fullington, Examining The History Behind The Nutcracker
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