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1 April 2009

Theodore Kosloff, ballet instructor

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Was Theodore Kosloff a fine ballet instructor? Malcolm McCormick, co-author of the 20th century dance history book, “No Fixed Points,” says: “Kosloff was sending dancers to New York in the 1950s. They arrived strong and rigorously trained — they had been required to wear weights on their angles to develop strength.” [...]