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- ↑ "Dancers' Biographies". Ballet Manila. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ↑ "Christmas Ballets Delight Children". Inquirer.net. 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ↑ "Ballet Manila presents 'The Swan, The Fairy and The Princess'". Philstar.com. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-05-07.