CNN: Famous Russian ballet mistress leaned English by taking classes at UB

Release Date: December 11, 2011 This content is archived.

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A story on CNN about Olga Kostritzky, a Russian-trained ballet mistress who has shaped a generation of American dancers and is known for bringing out the best in them, reports that she and her husband moved from the Soviet Union to Buffalo in 1975, where they learned English by taking language classes at UB.

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