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Something Special

(pas de deux)

Choreography by Dalal Achcar
Music by Ernesto Nazareth
Costumes by Nilson Penna

World Premiere

(only adagio and coda)
Associacao de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
August 27, 1976
Palacio das Convencoes do Anhembi
Sao Paolo, Brazil

Cast:
Natalia Makarova
Anthony Dowell

ABT Premiere

(complete version)
February 26, 1977
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles, California

Cast:
Natalia Makarova
Fernando Bujones