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Rarotonga Cook Islands - January 1987



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Dancers





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RAROTONGA (1987)

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (1987)


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THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET (1987)

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SOVIET UNION (1982)


Red Square Moscow
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Men's class, Bolshoi Academy, Moscow 1982

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Rostislav Zakharov choreography class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy 1982


VAGANOVA BALLET ACADEMY, LENINGRAD (1982)
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Finlandia Hall (Alvar Aalto, architect) Helsinki Finland circa 1982

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DUTCH MUNICIPAL THEATRE AMSTERDAM HOLLAND (1979)


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OSLO, NORWAY 1987
….VIGELAND SCULPTURE PARK - THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCULPTURE BY A SINGLE ARTIST WITH OVER 200 PIECES, ONE OF NORWAY'S MOST POPULAR ATTRACTION…. (GUSTAV VIGELAND BORN 1869.)

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COPENHAGEN DENMARK (1992)


TIVOLI - AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN CENTRAL COPENHAGEN; IT OPENED IN 1843 AND IS THE SECOND OLDEST AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE WORLD. PERFORMANCES INCLUDE TRADITIONAL PUPPET THEATRE, PANTOMIMES, BALLETS AND CONCERTS.

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THE ROYAL DANISH THEATRE,…." FOUNDED IN 1748 FIRST SERVING AS THE THEATRE OF THE KING AND THEN AS THE THEATRE OF THE COUNTRY…..PERFORMANCES INCLUDE OPERA, THE ROYAL BALLET< AND CONCERTS PERFORMED BY THEIR OWN ORCHESTRA…."
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NORTH OF DENMARK -
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THE LITTLE MERMAID - A SMALL BRONZE STATUE (INSPIRED BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRYTALE) BY EDVARD ERIKSEN DISPLAYED ON A ROCK BY THE WATERSIDE….A GIFT FROM THE BREWER AND ART COLLECTOR CARL JACOBSEN (2 March 1842 – 11 January 1914) TO THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1987
ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA FOUNDED BY GUSTAV III IN 1773

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ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA

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Ticket to a performance at the DROTTNINGHOLM SLOTTSTEATER (Royal Swedish Ballet
Filming Baroque dances for TV)





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Class in Vancouver, Canada 1989





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Dionysius; the ancient theatre dedicated to the God of wine, (Dionysius), which is situated near the Acropolis; it was built in the 6th century BC and is the oldest Greek theatre where some of the most famous Greek plays were first performed….( playwrights such as Euripides, Sophocles and Aristophanes…..)




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International Dance Conference Washington DC 2000



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Canadian Opera Company (Four Seasons), Toronto 2019


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(ESSO), IMPERIAL OIL OPERA THEATRE, TORONTO (built 1887-1888)


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ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET (1988)

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Capilano Suspension Bridge, North Vancouver, BC





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Butchart Gardens, near Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC


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Butchart Gardens, near Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC


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Vancouver BC



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Montreal, Quebec




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Palais Garnier - Opera National de Paris




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Trinity College Cambridge, UK





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Harvard Theatre Collection (Dance) 1999 visit - The Harvard Theatre Collection
was the first collection of its kind to be established in the US (Boston), and it is
one of the oldest and largest performing arts collections in the world.