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Rochester Dancer Turns Photographer For Bolshoi Tour
Mrs Dora Sanders of Rochester New York uses her training as a modern dancer to time photographs of ballet at peak moments. She photographed the Bolshoi and Leningrad Kirov troupes during rehearsals and on tour with Sol Hurok. Her work included a shipment of to Khrushchev and a note of thanks to her after the first lady’s husband retired.
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Dora Sanders
Rochester
N.Y
Sol Hurok
Sanders
Hurok
Russia
Leningrad-Kirov Ballet
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev