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- ↑ Anawalt, Sasha. (January 19, 1998). The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Paperback edition. ISBN 978-0226017556
- ↑ Time cover March 15, 1968.