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"Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned."

George Balanchine, Russian Dancer

Ballet, Medicine, states, Teachers

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"Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned."

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