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- ↑ The Vidette-Messenger newspaper, Valparaiso, Indiana June 27, 1973: "Still has 'Rubber Legs'" Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ↑ Richard Holden biography "Dancing on a Greyhound Bus" Description of Richard Holden's early classes with Senia Russakoff
- ↑ Advertisement for an "Anna Karenina" performance in Jordan Hall appears on this archive page from 1940
- ↑ Dance Magazine April 1982 "Transitions"