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In a midtown Manhattan dance studio, Laura Kleinke, a participant in the New York International Ballet Competition, absorbed the intricacies of Bournonville's fleet footwork, as Danish ballet mistress Eva Kloborg coached her in Kermesse in Bruges. Across the hall, Roxane D'Orleans Juste smoothed out the partnering kinks for a couple learning Jose Limon's Mazurkas. And in a studio around the corner, former ABT ballerina Martine van Hamel instructed Kathleen Breen Combes in how to breathe suspension into her releve turns in arabesque for La Bayadere. * At the New York International Ballet Competition, held this year June 8-29, forty-eight dancers from twenty-four countries gathered for an intense crash course in the scrutiny of professional dance. Unlike other competitions, none of the participants know what duets will be selected until they arrive, allowing for a fairer starting point. At this event, the journey is as important as the final destination, the medal ceremony. * But medals have their significance, particularly when directors of ballet companies from around the globe--and balletomanes of all...
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