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By Hilary Stroh, 18 October 2025

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“projecting from her first appearance both reticence and eagerness, fragility and strength”

Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kansas City on 17 October 2025

Swan Lake (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Devon Carney)

Kansas City Ballet

Peter Cazalet, Set Designer

Trad Burns, Lighting Designer

Kansas City Symphony

Kaleena Burks, Dancer

Andrew Vecseri, Dancer

Aiden Duffy, Dancer

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.