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La Bayadère see Marius Petipa |
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Ballet Alert: La Bayadère in detail (discussion forum) |
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La Bayadère (Ballet Met Notes) |
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La Bayadère (Ballet.co) |
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Patricia Boccadoro, "A birthday tribute to Rudolf Nureyev" (1999) (Culture Kiosque) |
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Footnotes: La Bayadère (background and quotes) |
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Nadine Meisner, "A Russian masterpiece full of eastern promise" (2002) ("La Bayadère may have kitsch elements, but it's also a superb spectacle. So why [...] does the Royal Ballet's version fall short?") (Independent.co) |
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School Matinee Pack: La Bayadere (Royal Opera House) |
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Leigh Witchel, "Bayadère/Bayadère" (2003) (review) (DanceView) |
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Video excerpts |
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Bolshoi Ballet performs La Bayadère (realplayer) (Kennedy Center) |
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La Bayadère |
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Solor's Variation |
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The Brahmin |
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Nikiya's variation |
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Nikiya and Solor's Pas de Deux |
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Gamzatti's variation |
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Nikiya and Gamzatti |
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Cinderella see Sir Frederick Ashton |
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Zoe Anderson, "Alina Cojocaru: Stepping into a fairy tale" (2003) (interview: "Alina Cojocaru has rocketed from the corps of the Royal Ballet to principal roles in two years. Now [...] she is performing in a dream of a ballet - [Ashton's] Cinderella") (Independent.co) |
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"Ashton's Cinderella" (2003) (Jane Simpson) (Ballet.co) |
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Ballet Reference: Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Cinderella (Ballet Met Notes) |
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Footnotes: Cinderella (synopsis and quotes) |
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Jeff Kuo "Cinderella: Made in England" (2004) (review) (Criticaldance) |
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Video excerpts |
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Lyon Opera Ballet Performs Cinderella (video excerpt of Maguy Marin's choreography) (real player, quicktime, windows media player) (Sadler's Wells) |
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Coppélia see George Balanchine, Arthur Saint-Leon |
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Ballet Alert: The Sleeping Beauty (discussion forum) |
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Ballet Reference: Coppélia Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Ballet Russe Scenery for Coppélia (Butler U.) |
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Coppélia (Ballet Met) |
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Footnotes: Coppélia (synopsis and quotes) |
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Coppélia Ballet: A Timeline (Richard Finkelstein, Artslynx) |
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Video excerpts |
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba performs Coppélia (real player) (Kennedy Center) |
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Swanilda's Variation, Act I |
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Mazurka, Act I |
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Corps de Ballet |
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Le Corsaire |
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Dance in America: Le Corsaire with American Ballet Theatre (interviews, resources, and video excerpts)(PBS.org) |
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Iris Fanger, "Re-creating Corsaire" (June 1999) (findarticles.com) |
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Le Corsaire in London 2003 (discussion forum) (Criticaldance.com) |
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Eugene Merrett, Video Review: Le Corsaire with American Ballet Theatre (see also Le Corsaire: Kirov Ballet) (Ballet.co) |
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Video excerpts |
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Don Quixote, or Kitri's Wedding |
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Don Quixote (Ballet Met notes) |
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Don Quixote (Ballet.co) |
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Footnotes: Don Quixote (synopsis and quotes) |
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Brendan McCarthy, The BBC at the Ballet: Don Quixote (interview with Ross MacGibbon and BBC) (Ballet.co) |
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Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote (multimedia guide to the television program, with real media video excerpt) (PBS.org) |
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Marcia B. Siegel, "Minkusiana: Another look at Boston Ballet's Don Quixote" (2003) (Portlandphoenix.com) |
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Video excerpts |
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Basil's variation, Act III (Angel Corella, ABT) (quicktime excerpt) (PBS.org) |
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Bolshoi Ballet performs Don Quixote (real player excerpt) (Kennedy Center) |
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Coda from Act III (Nina Ananiashvili) (real player) (Vail Video -- commercial site) |
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Kitri's Variation, Act I - (Maya Plisetskaya, Bolshoi Ballet) (real player excerpt) (Vail Video commercial site) |
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La Fille Mal Gardee |
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Australia Dancing: La Fille Mal Gardee (resources) (Australiadancing.org) |
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La Fille Mal Gardee (Ballet.co) |
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Giselle see Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot |
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Giselle (Ballet.co) |
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A Giselle TImeline and Notes (Richard Finkelstein, Artslynx) |
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Ballet Alert: Giselle (discussion forum) |
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Ballet Reference: Giselle Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Benois' Drops for Giselle (Butler U.) |
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Patricia Boccadoro, "Sylvie Guillem's Giselle: Dead or Dying?" (2001) |
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Footnotes: Giselle (synopsis and quotes) |
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Giselle (Ballet Met) |
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Video excerpts |
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Pas de deux, Act I (Karen Kain and Frank Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada) (real player excerpt) (Vail Video commercial site) |
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Pas de deux, Act II (Dancers unknown) (quicktime excerpt) (Mag_ul.cz) |
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Manon |
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The Nutcracker see George Balanchine, Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa |
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Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker: The History of The Nutcracker (Atlanta Ballet) |
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The Nutcracker (Ballet Met Notes) |
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Ballet Reference: The Nutcracker Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Alexandre Benois' The Nutcracker (Butler U.) |
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Patricia Boccadoro, "The Nutcracker: Nureyev Production Still The Best" (2001) (Culture Kiosque) |
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"The Enduring Spirit of the Nutcracker: How the Russian Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in America" (National Public Radio) |
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Footnotes: The Nutcracker (synopsis and quotes) |
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The Nutcracker from The Royal Ballet (multimedia companion to the television presentation) (PBS.org) |
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SPM/Dance Prism: The Nutcracker (program notes) (Symphony Pro Musica) |
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Video excerpts |
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Arabian variation, Act II (Joffrey Ballet) (real player) (Kennedy Center) |
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Bolshoi Ballet performs The Nutcracker (also see part two) (real player) (Kennedy Center) |
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The Nutcracker Trailer (Gelsey Kirkland, Mikhail Baryshnikov) (real player) (Videodetective.com) |
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The Nutcracker: Ballet by John Neumeier (synopsis, real player and quicktime excerpt) (Hamburg Ballet) |
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Sugar Plum Fairy's Coda, Act II (Sofiane Sylve, Dutch National Ballet) (second half of quicktime excerpt) (het-muziektheater.com) |
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Onegin |
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School Matinee Pack: Onegin (Royal Opera House) |
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Raymonda |
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Romeo and Juliet see John Cranko, Sir Kenneth MacMillan |
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Ballet Reference: Romeo and Juliet Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Bernard Johnson, Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Program Note) (concerns composition of the score) (Prokofiev's Home Page) |
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Romeo and Juliet: Making Connections to the Arts (Kennedy Center) |
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Richard Finkelstein, Romeo and Juliet: A Ballet Timeline (Artslynx) |
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Romeo and Juliet (Ballet Met Notes) |
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Romeo and Juliet (Ballet.co) |
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Video excerpts |
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American Ballet Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Real Player excerpt of MacMillan's choreography) (Alessandra Ferri, Julio Bocca) |
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Balcony Scene part 1 |
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Balcony Scene part 2 |
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Balcony Scene part 4 |
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Balcony Scene, Act I (Galina Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov, Bolshoi Ballet) (real player excerpt) (Vail Video commercial site) |
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Ballroom scene, Act I (Dancers unknown) (quicktime excerpt) (Mag-ul.cz) |
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Bolshoi Ballet performs Romeo and Juliet (real player excerpt) (Kennedy Center) |
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Royal Ballet of Flanders performs Romeo and Juliet (real player, quicktime, and windows media player excerpt) (Sadler's Wells) |
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The Sleeping Beauty see Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa |
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Ballet Alert: The Sleeping Beauty (discussion forum) |
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The Sleeping Beauty (Ballet Met Notes) |
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Ballet Reference: The Sleeping Beauty Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Footnotes: The Sleeping Beauty (synopsis and quotes) (Soundventure) |
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School Matinee Pack: The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Opera House) |
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The Sleeping Beauty (Ballet.co) |
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Video excerpts |
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Kirov Ballet performs The Sleeping Beauty (real player video excerpts) (Kennedy Center) |
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The Sleeping Beauty |
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Fairies, Act I |
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Carabosse's mime, Act I |
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Rose Adagio, Act I (Larissa Lezhnina) |
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Aurora's variation with the spindle, Act I |
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Prince's variation, Act II |
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Pas de deux, Act III (Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev, National Ballet of Canada) (real player excerpt) (Vail Video commercial site) |
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Pointer Fairy variation, Prologue (Dutch National Ballet) (het-muziektheater.com) |
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Swan Lake see Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa |
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Ballet Alert: Swan Lake (discussion forum) |
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Ballet Reference: Swan Lake Production Notes (English National Ballet) |
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Footnotes: Swan Lake (synopsis and quotes) |
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Marcia B. Siegel, "Swan migrations: Boston Ballet’s classic, and Christopher Wheeldon’s reimagining" (2004) (Boston Phoenix) |
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Swan Lake (Ballet.co) |
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Swan Lake (Ballet Met Notes) |
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Video excerpts |
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Pas de deux, Act II (Dancers unknown) (opens in real player) (real.cctv.com.cn) |
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Pas de deux, Act II (Galina Ulanova and partner, Bolshoi Ballet) (realplayer excerpt) (Vail Video) |
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Pas de deux, Act II (Maya Plisetskaya and Nikolai Fadeyechev, Bolshoi Ballet) (real player excerpt) (Vail Video commercial site) |
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La Sylphide see Auguste Bournonville |
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Footnotes: La Sylphide (synopsis and quotes) |
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New York Public Library Resources for La Sylphide |
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Re-Premiere of La Sylphide (Lacotte/Taglioni) (quotes and review of 2004 POB production)("In the Name of Auguste Vestris") |
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The Ballets: La Sylphide (story, historical notes, musical background, gallery) (Bournonville.com) |
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Tobi Tobias, "The Danes at Home" (2003) (Artsjournal.com) |
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Alexandra Tomalonis, "La Sylphide" Restored (2004) (DanceView) |
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Video excerpts |
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Excerpts (Dancers unknown) (opens in real player) |
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet School performs La Sylphide (links at top of page: quicktime excerpts) (RWB School) |
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The Taming of the Shrew |
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