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- ↑ Let's Get Cultural (PDF). City of Anaheim. Spring 2009. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Directors". Anaheim Ballet. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Dance" Archived January 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation. Accessed February 2012.
- ↑ Let's Get Cultural (PDF). City of Anaheim. Spring 2009. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Diamond, Pamela (August 22, 2000). "Sharing Finer Pointes of Dance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Step Up! Educational Outreach" Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine . Anaheimballet.org. Accessed February 2012.
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- ↑ "Charles Andersen, Corps de Ballet". The Royal Danish Theatre. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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