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- ↑ Meisner, Nadine (2019-06-03). Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master. Oxford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-19-065929-5.
- ↑ Anderson, Zoë (2015-01-01). The Ballet Lover's Companion. Yale University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-300-15428-3.
- ↑ Garafola, Lynn (1989). Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-505701-0.