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Ballet with Edward Villella

United States, 1970
film

Edward Villella, lead dancer with the New York City Ballet, dissolves the notion that male dancers are ‘sissified’ in a montage of dances demonstr..

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Similarity: 73%

Ballet mecanique (TEFC)

France, 1924
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Watching ballet

United States, 1963
Similarity: 72%

A Dancer's grammar

United States, 1977
Similarity: 72%

Steps of the ballet

United Kingdom, 1948
Similarity: 72%

The Dancing class

Australia, 1964
Similarity: 71%

Dance on a May Day

United States, 1977
Similarity: 71%

Young and just beginning: Pierre

Canada, 1978
Similarity: 71%

I am a dancer

France, 1972
Similarity: 70%

That's dancing!

United States, 1975
Similarity: 70%

Ballet robotique

United States, 1983
Similarity: 70%

Ballet by Degas

United States, 1951
Similarity: 70%

Ballet class with Madame Ninette de Valois

United Kingdom, 1974
Similarity: 70%

Invitation to the dance

United Kingdom
Similarity: 70%

American Ballet Theatre at the Met

United Kingdom, 1984
Similarity: 70%

Ballet Black

United Kingdom, 1986
Similarity: 69%

Ballet in New Zealand

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1963
Similarity: 69%

Pas de deux

Canada, 1968
Similarity: 69%
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