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- ↑ "ABT biography for Michele Wiles". American Ballet Theatre . Retrieved September 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "A Rare Kind of Grand Pas de Deux" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 19, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Michele Wiles Wins Erik Bruhn Prize". Ballet Theatre Foundation. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra". Ballet Theatre Foundation. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Tobias, Tobi. "Gong Show". New York Magazine . Retrieved September 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- Common misspellings:
- The name Michele Wiles may be misspelled in some contexts. "Michele" is frequently incorrectly shown as "Michelle" and "Wiles" is sometimes seen, also incorrectly, as "Wyles".