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Hamburg Ballett on X: "In February 2021, the School of the Hamburg Ballet presents its “Workshop of Creativity” at Ernst Deutsch Theater showing student choreographies as danced final theses. #HH2021 https://t.co/TE4BxTZMEv" /
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English: Ballet rehearsals, New York City, ca. 1916: Ballet Russe.; circa 1916 date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital
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