NUTCRACKER PAS DE DEUX (Balanchine)
Here are Merrill Ashley and Sean Lavery in a perfect demonstration of Balanchine's style and technique. These two principal dancers danced under Balanchine's direction for many years and here offer exactly what he wanted in this Pas De Deux. I know this because I danced it too (with Violette Verdy, Allegra Kent, and Gelsey Kirkland, and others, under his direction.
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