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- ↑ "Faculty". Cape Junior Ballet. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Meewes, Sarah Jessica. "South African Ballet: A Performing Art during and after Apartheid" (PDF). University of Pretoria. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Ndodana, Bongani (13 June 1997). "Dance for all". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "Johannesburg Youth Ballet celebrates 40 years". South African Cultural Observatory. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Mossolow, Alexandra Xenia Sabina. "The Career of South African Soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929" (PDF). University of Stellenbosch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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