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Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night, prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnef(...)
Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night, prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnef(...)

Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night, prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnef(...)

Date4/10/1972
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  • Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night, prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnef(...)
  • Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night; prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnefous at rehearsal in St. Lawrence Hall early last week. They met again later in the week in New York; where Bonnefous dances with New York City Ballet.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting in shape for opening of the National Ballet at O'Keefe Centre Wednesday night; prima ballerina Veronica Tennant dances with Jean-Pierre Bonnefous at rehearsal in St. Lawrence Hall early last week. They met again later in the week in New York; where Bonnefous dances with New York City Ballet.
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