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- ↑ NYT, March 15, 1984
- ↑ NYT, December 18, 2002
- ↑ Evelyn Green Davis Fellow
- ↑ Univerdanza
- ↑ Buglisi Dance Theatre
- ↑ Radcliffe Exploratory Seminars 2011
