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June 24, 2005

Dance Shorts

--Former Australian Ballet dancer and (briefly) Royal Ballet director Ross Stretton died last week, of melanoma. The obituaries have not been flattering. Ballet Talk’s Leigh Witchel poses the question whether such write-ups should be a bit gentler.

--The New York Times reports extensively on a new competitive hip-hop dance form: krumping.

--And former star ballerina Karen Kain has taken the helm of the National Ballet of Canada.

Posted by Rachel at June 24, 2005 09:14 AM



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