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  • Wednesday's Class

    17 May 1979

    Boston Ballet presented the American premiere of Auguste Bournonville's Wednesday's Class in honor of the 100th anniversary of Bournonville's death. Kirsten Ralov and Fredbjørn Bjørnsson of the Royal Danish Ballet came to Boston to stage the piece.

     

    Nicolas Picana, Laura Young, Kirsten Ralov, and Anamarie Sarazin in rehearsal for Bournonville's Wednesday's Class
    Unsigned photograph
    Boston Ballet Archives