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- ↑ "National Dance Awards Critics' Circle". www.nationaldanceawards.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ↑ "Winners of the 2006 Critics' Circle National Dance Awards announced today at Sadler's Wells, London — News — Dance UK". www.danceuk.org. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
