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"The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener."

George Balanchine, Russian Dancer

Ballet, Flowers, Garden, Man

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"The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener."

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