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Rare Jewels at Lincoln Center Festival as Paris Opera, Bolshoi and NYCB dancers join forces on stage

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 23 July 2017
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“It wasn’t all great but it was still sublime”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 21 July 2017
Programme
Jewels (George Balanchine)
Performers
New York City Ballet
Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
Bolshoi Ballet
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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.