Dorothy Alexander

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In 1929 Dorothy Alexander founded the Dorothy Alexander Dance Art Group, the first regional ballet company in the nation, in Atlanta. Known since 1967 as the Atlanta Ballet, the company is the longest continuously running ballet organization in the United States.

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Dorothy Alexander

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