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Ballet in New Zealand
Short Film (Full Length) – 1963
Ballet isn’t to everyone’s taste. In most young countries, such as New Zealand, a good deal of prejudice has to be overcome. You have to teach people to like ballet and to do that your dancers need to be good.– Narrator
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