Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Jodee Nimerichter, Executive Director of American Dance Festival

In this episode of “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, join host Joanne Carey as she chats with returning Special Guest, Jodee Nimerichter, Executive Director of American Dance Festival. Together they explore the festival's upcoming programming. They explore the impact Amercian Dance Festival has had on the Modern Dance Community along with funding, diversity, future in dance and. Discover insights into process dance, supporting artists, and the evolving landscape of modern dance.

Check out all the upcoming events and programs at the American Dance Festival. You'll want to be a part of this vibrant art scene in North Carolina that this Executive Director continues to curate with passion and purpose!

Jodee's Previous Dance Talk Episode from April 2024

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Jodee Nimerichter is an arts administrator and film producer and currently serves as the executive director of the American dance Festival. She began working for American Dance Festival in 1991 as an intern and in 1997 worked on the production of the festival's documentary series Free to Dance which earned an Emmy nomination in Research. In 2003 she became the festival's associate director, managing dance festivals in South Korea and Russia and building dance exchange programs in South Africa, Poland, Argentina, and the Philippines.  Nimerichter was appointed as the director of the American Dance Festival in 2012 and became executive director in 2016.

Since 1934, the American Dance Festival has been a recognized leader in modern dance presenting dance performances, and offering educational opportunities and community programs, while maintaining an international reach.

The American Dance Festival (ADF) is thrilled to announce its 2026 season with a full summer performance schedule from May 27-July 25. ADF celebrates the diversity of modern dance and its community.

For Tickets go to ⁠ADF’s website⁠⁠ or the ⁠⁠Duke University Box Office⁠⁠. More detailed information about performances, venues, tickets, and performing companies, including photos, videos, and press reviews, are available at americandancefestival.org.

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Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Artistic Director & CEO, Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispánico. 

In this episode of “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, join host Joanne Carey as she chats with Special Guest, Eduardo Vilaro, who sits at the head of Ballet Hispánico, leading a world-class organization with a spirit of love, grace and humility.

Join Joanne and Eduardo in an inspiring conversation as they explore the company's impactful community work, innovative performances, and the importance of cultural storytelling through dance. Discover how Ballet Hispanico is shaping the future of dance and community engagement. Together they discuss the current season that is celebrating female choreographers. "Ballet Hispánico presents four works that explore what shapes the way we move through the world—from a contemporary Antigone to rhythm-driven Brazilian movement, a reimagined flamenco piece, and a work built on memory and change."

Eduardo Vilaro is the Artistic Director & CEO of Ballet Hispánico (BH). He was named BH's Artistic Director in 2009, becoming only the second person to head the company since its founding in 1970, and in 2015 was also named Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Vilaro has infused Ballet Hispánico’s legacy with a bold brand of contemporary dance that reflects America’s changing cultural landscape.

Mr. Vilaro’s philosophy of dance stems from a basic belief in the power of the arts to change lives, reflect and impact culture, and strengthen community. He considers dance to be a liberating, non-verbal language through which students, dancers, and audiences of all walks of life and diverse backgrounds, can initiate ongoing conversations about the arts, expression, identity, and the meaning of community.

Born in Cuba and raised in New York from the age of six, Mr. Vilaro’s own choreography is devoted to capturing the Latin American experience in its totality and diversity, and through its intersectionality with other diasporas. A Ballet Hispánico dancer and educator from 1988 to 1996, he left New York, earned a master’s in interdisciplinary arts at Columbia College Chicago and then embarked on his own act of advocacy with a ten-year record of achievement as Founder and Artistic Director of Luna Negra Dance Theater in Chicago.

The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Mr. Vilaro received the Ruth Page Award for choreography in 2001; was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame in 2016; and was awarded HOMBRE Magazine’s 2017 Arts & Culture Trailblazer of the Year. In 2019, he received the West Side Spirit’s WESTY Award, was honored by WNET for his contributions to the arts, and was the recipient of the James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award. In August 2020, City & State Magazine included Mr. Vilaro in the inaugural Power of Diversity: Latin 100 list. In January 2021, Mr. Vilaro was recognized with a Compassionate Leaders Award, given to leaders who are courageous, contemplative, collaborative, and care about the world they will leave behind. He is a well-respected speaker on such topics as diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts, as well as on the merits of the intersectionality of cultures and the importance of nurturing and building Latinx leaders.

For Information on Ballet Hispánico

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest Connor Walsh S

Join host Joanne Carey for Episode 3 of a 4-part Series highlighting Houston Ballet & YAGP! Joanne welcomes principal dancer and YAGP Alum, Connor Walsh, principal dancer at Houston Ballet, as he shares his journey from childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore to the heights of ballet as a principal with Houston Ballet. Together they discuss insights on dance education, the importance of collaboration, and tips for aspiring dancers as well as the impact YAGP had and continues to have on Connor.

They also discuss the upcoming YAGP Houston event May 10-18.

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Connor Walsh was born in Fairfax, Virginia and began his training at the age of seven under the direction of his mother Constance Walsh. He has trained at The Kirov Academy of Ballet, The Harid Conservatory, and Houston Ballet’s BenStevenson Academy, where he was awarded the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation Scholarship and the Ben Stevenson Scholarship award. In 2004, he won the first annual gold award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), and was given the Award of Encouragement at the Shanghai International Ballet Competition. 

In 2004, Walsh joined Houston Ballet’s company as a member of the corps de ballet. He was quickly promoted to soloist in 2006 and then to principal dancer in 2007. 

Walsh has originated lead roles in Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker (The Prince), Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Giselle (Albrecht), Marie (Count Axel von Fersen), and La Bayadère (Solor).  

He has danced major roles in numerous full-length ballets including John Cranko’s Onegin (Lensky) and The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon (Des Grieux) and Mayerling (Prince Rudolf), John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theseus / Oberon, Puck) and The Little Mermaid (The Poet), Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal Gardée (Colas), Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow (Camille), Ben Stevenson’s Don Quixote (Basilio), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund), and Dracula (Fredrick), Sir David Bintley’s Aladdin (Aladdin) and The Tempest (Ferdinand), Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan (Merman), and  Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake (Siegfried), Marie (Count Axel Fersen and King Louis XVI), Madame Butterfly (Pinkerton), La Sylphide (James), and Cinderella (The Prince and Dandini).

Walsh’s repertory also includes works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp, Hans Van Manen, Glen Tetley, Christopher Bruce, Antony Tudor, Nacho Duato and Serge Lifar, Melissa Barak. One act creations include Stanton Welch, Aszure Barton, Edwaard Liang, Mark Morris, James Kudelka, Nicolo Fonte, Melissa Hough, and Garrett Smith among others.

In recent years Walsh has expanded his reach into teaching, coaching and choreographing. In 2015, along with fellow Houston Ballet company members Oliver Halkowich and Melody Walsh, Walsh founded REACH - a choreographic project that raises money for arts education in schools.  Following the success of REACH, Walsh and his colleagues were invited to create a world premiere, entitled What we keep, for Houston Ballet in spring of 2018.  Walsh’s world premiere A Joyous Trilogy (in flight) created for Houston Ballet and set to music by Quinn Mason took the Wortham stage on June 2, 2022. 

Walsh enjoys teaching, coaching and choreographing as well as participating in many forms of dance.  He is also a soccer fanatic as well as food enthusiast.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Tyler Donatelli, Principal Dancer, Houston Ballet⁠

In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® , the second in a special 4-part series with Houston Ballet & YAGP, host, Joanne Carey interviews one of Houston Ballet's principal dancers' Tyler Donatelli . Listen in as Tyler shares her journey from childhood dance enthusiast to professional ballet star. Discover insights on dedication, overcoming challenges, and the importance of versatility in dance. Tyler also talks about her experience with YAGP (Youth America Grand Prix) which led her to Houston Ballet where she is thriving in her role as Principal Dancer.

Tyler says, "I feel not just one moment onstage defines me in my career, but rather every time I bow onstage." 

Houston Ballet is hosting the season's finals of YAGP May 10-18, 2026.

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Tyler Donatelli was born in Huntington Beach, California and trained at the Southland Ballet Academy in Fountain Valley, CA.  She was the silver medal winner at 2012 Youth America Grand Prix as well as first prize in ballet at The Music Center Spotlight Awards 2012.   She joined Houston Ballet II in January 2013 and became an apprentice for Houston Ballet in 2014.  She continued her journey as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2015, rising through the ranks with standout artistry and dedication. In 2017, she earned two promotions in one year — advancing to Demi Soloist in March and Soloist in September. She was then promoted to First Soloist in 2022.  Donatelli was promoted to Principal in December 2025.

She has performed roles in Stanton Welch's The Nutcracker (Clara & Sugar Plum Fairy), Cinderella, Zodiac, Tapestry, Romeo and Juliet, Red Earth, and Giselle; Mark Morris’ The Letter V ; George Balanchine's Serenade, Jewels, Stars and Stripes (Liberty Bell) and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux; Trey McIntyre's Peter Pan (Tinkerbell); Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit and Under the Folding Sky; John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena); Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling (Princess Louise) and Ben Stevenson's Coppélia (Swanhilda). She has had roles created on her in Stanton Welch’s Zodiac, Just and Sparrow; Arthur Pita's Good Vibrations and Justin Peck’s Reflections and Under the Folding Sky.

Donatelli has danced in several tours including Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake in Tokyo, Japan (2022), Dubai, UAE and Minneapolis, MN (2018); Stanton Welch’s Velocity in Bonn and Tapestry in Ludwigshafen, Germany (2017); and Stanton Welch’s world premiere of Just and Sons de L'âme and Trey McIntyre’s In Dreams at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, MA (2018).  As part of the Company’s 50th Anniversary in October of 2019, she traveled to New York City’s City Center to reprise her original role in Justin Peck’s Reflections.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, children's picture book author, Katharine Holabird

In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® , host Joanne Carey interviews children's author Katharine Holabird, best known for her beloved series, Angelina Ballerina. They discuss Katharine's artistic upbringing, her journey to becoming a writer, and the creation of Angelina Ballerina. Katharine shares insights into the writing process, the importance of illustrations, and the impact of her work on children and dance education. The conversation also touches on awards, a memorable encounter with the Queen, and the legacy of Angelina Ballerina in literature and theater.

Katharine Holabird is the award-winning author of Angelina Ballernia and a new children's book series about a lovable little fairy called Twinkle. Katharine grew up in a family of architects and artists in Chicago, and as a child she loved to perform and dance with her three sisters. She graduated with a BA in Literature from Bennington College, and started writing children's books in 1983. Since then, Angelina Ballerina books have sold millions of copies, been translated into 20+ languages, and Angelina has become a children's classic.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guests Stanton Welch and Larissa Saveliev

Join host Joanne Carey as she kicks off a 4 part Series highlighting Houston Ballet & YAGP! Joanne begins by welcoming Stanton Welch, Artistic Director, Houston Ballet, and Larissa Saveliev, founder of Youth America Grand Prix, to explore their careers, the impact of YAGP, and the upcoming Houston event May 10-18.

Discover insights into ballet community building, talent development, & international collaboration. Hurry to Houston!

Stanton Welch the acclaimed Australian choreographer, assumed the leadership of Houston Ballet in 2003, America's fifth largest ballet company. Since his arrival, Mr. Welch has transformed Houston Ballet by raising the level of classical technique, infusing the company with new energy, drive and vision; introducing works by distinguished choreographers to the repertoire; and attracting some of the world's best coaches to Houston to work with the dancers.

He has created works for such prestigious international companies as Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Royal Danish Ballet.

Mr. Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones, O.B.E., and Garth Welch, A.M., two of Australia's most gifted dancers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1986 he began his training at the late age of seventeen, quickly winning a scholarship to San Francisco Ballet School. In 1989 he was engaged as a dancer with The Australian Ballet, where he rose to the rank of leading soloist, performing such principal roles as Des Grieux in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, Lensky in John Cranko's Onegin, Camille in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow, and Alan Strang in Equus. He has also worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Jiří Kylían, Nacho Duato, and Maurice Béjart.

For his contributions to the world of dance, Mr. Welch was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2015. The prestigious Order of Australia Award, established in 1975, is bestowed on Australian citizens for meritorious service in a particular area or field of activity. Mr. Welch was recognized for his significant service to the performing arts as a ballet dancer, mentor, choreographer and artistic director. Mr. Welch's choreographic career developed during his time with The Australian Ballet.

Since 2006, Welch serves as a Jury Member for the ⁠Young America Grand Prix⁠.

Larissa Saveliev is the Founder and Artistic Director of Youth America Grand Prix. Born in Moscow, she trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and danced with the Stanislavsky Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet, before emigrating to the United States in 1994. She went on to perform with the Los Angeles Classical Ballet, New Jersey Ballet and Tulsa Ballet, and began an active teaching career. In 1999, together with Gennadi Saveliev, Larissa founded Youth America Grand Prix, in order to fill the void in connecting students and teachers with school and company directors, and to provide continuing educational and professional opportunities to dancers worldwide. Larissa Saveliev is the 2014 recipient of the Dance Magazine Award, recipient of the 2014 “Educator of the Year” award from the Russian-American Foundation. In 2015 she was recognized by the Society of Foreign Consuls in New York for her Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to Community Improvement. In 2017 Larissa Saveliev was named one of the top 25 most influential people in dance by Dance Magazine, and is a part of the Dance Magazine Advisory Board.

Houston Ballet

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Tickets for YAGP Houston

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guests dance photographer, Gene Schiavone and writer, Gavin Larsen

Join host Joanne Carey as she chats with both Gene Schiavone and Gavin Larsen about their new collaborative book 'Infinite Steps,' Thirty-three Dancers and Their Lives in Ballet." This book isn't just a coffee table dance photo, it is a book that explores the stories behind ballet dancers and reads like an entry point into what and who Gene saw and captured from behind his lens. You will not only discover insights into their careers, the creative process, and the inspiring stories of dancers' lives but while reading it, but be moved by each individual experience and journey. Listen also how Gene and Gavin's friendship and trust in each other's artistry enabled the stories to shine through and create this legacy for the dance world for generations.

Gene Schiavone became interested in photography as a child.  With no formal training, he went on to become a sought after Dance Photographer. What began as a childhood curiosity became a budding career,  photographing some of the worlds best ballet dancers. Gene attributes his introduction to the world of ballet to his wife through her involvement with ABT (American Ballet Theater). His informal conversation with renowned ballerina ,Julie Kent, piqued his interest in the art form and he began to attend more ballet performances. Around that same time, Gene was given permission to photograph performances of ABT's studio company and after two years was invited to photograph the main company, which led to other requests for similar work.Gene's work and images includes Boston Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Washington Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and The Radio City Rockettes among others. His images have appeared New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and all the major dance publications both here and abroad.

Gene continues to acknowledge his gratitude for all the dancers he has worked with over the years and for the hundreds of pairs of signed shoes and photos he remembers them by. 

Gavin Larsen, Born and raised in New York City, received her professional dance training at the School of American Ballet, the PacificNorthwest Ballet School and the New York School of Ballet. In 1992, she joined Pacific Northwest Ballet under the direction of Kent Stowell andFrancia Russell, leaving the company in 1999 to join the Alberta Ballet, directed by Mikko Nissinen. In 2002, she performed with the SuzanneFarrell Ballet as a soloist at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In 2003 Ms. Larsen joined Oregon Ballet Theatre as a principal dancerunder artistic director Christopher Stowell. Over the course of her career, Ms. Larsen danced prominent roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon and Paul Taylor, among others, and originated roles in numerous ballets. She retired from performing in 2010 to focus on teaching, coaching and writing about dance. Ms. Larsen has taught and coached widely across the country and worldwide. She has been a regular contributor for Pointe, Dance Teacher, and Dance Spirit magazines. In 2015 she was honored with a fellowship to the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation inTaos, NM, to pursue her work as a writer. Her memoir, Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life, was published by the University Press of Florida in 2021. She lives in Asheville, NC.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest Suzzanne Ponomarenko

Join host ,Joanne Carey in a colorful and enagaging conversation with choreographer, Suzzanne Ponomarenko as they explore Suzzanne's dance journey, the creative process for Suzzanne's upcoming performance at Baryshnikov Arts, and the deep connection between music, culture, and movement.

Discover how Suzzanne's diverse influences shape her innovative choreography and the significance of cultural storytelling through dance

Suzzanne Ponomarenko: Choreographer, Artistic Director, Performer, and Educator based in Queens, NYC.

Suzzanne's choreographic practice is grounded in movement invention as a means of generating new physical vocabularies translated into abstract storytelling. They treat the body as both archive and catalyst—capable of recalling lineage while attempting to disrupt and dismantle and aims to challenge normative structures embedded in Concert Dance while reimagining the role of technique as a site for critical inquiry rather than conformity. The pinnacle of Suzzanne's practice is transporting artistic material through a feminist queer lens.

Suzzanne completed a BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College and attended Naropa University for Transpersonal Psychology. As a performer, has most notably worked with Richard Move, Yvonne Rainer, Buglisi Dance Theatre, The Stanley Love Performance Group, and served as rehearsal director for touring company, Catapult Entertainment.

Suzzanne's choreographic work has been recently commissioned by Pioneer Go East Collective’s 2026 OUT-Front! Festival at Judson Memorial Church, Baryshnikov Arts Center Spring 2026 Season, Marymount Manhattan College, and Arts On Site. Currently, I am apart of Pioneer Go East Artistic Collective’s Mentorship Cohort (2025-26), was a 2025 Resident Artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Suzanne serves on the selection committees of The NY Bessie’s Dance and Performance Awards and The Clive Barnes Foundation.

More about Suzzanne

https://suzzanneponomarenkodance.org/

Tapestries is an evening-length dance theatre piece told through the curious narrative of the Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505) and a queer reimagining of Ukrainian folklore.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest choreographer, Kun-Yang Lin

Join host Joanne Carey in an inspiring conversation with Kun-Yang Lin, a renowned dancer and choreographer, as he shares his journey from a small Taiwanese village to becoming a celebrated artist in the US. Discover his creative process, spiritual insights, and celebrating his company's upcoming final performance in Philadelphia.

KUN-YANG LIN (Executive Artistic Director & Founder of CHI MAC) views dance as his first language. Raised in a home where his parents never spoke the same language, Lin learned to communicate most articulately through gesture and action. Many other tensions in his life have shaped Lin’s artistry — he was raised in the faith of his father (Catholicism) in an environment steeped in the traditions of his mother (Buddhism and Taoism), and he navigates life as an Eastern immigrant in a Western society. Lin is deeply invested in the dialogues between innovation and tradition, the individual and the collective, the visible and invisible — “in-between spaces” that he finds to be fertile ground for exploration.

These impulses are filtered through his extensive training and performance experience across a broad range of contemporary dance techniques and improvisation practices and movement. Among the primary impulses nourishing Lin’s artistry are Buddhist and Taoist world views and the internal energetic flows of many Eastern arts he had practiced over the years including tai chi, martial arts, chi gong, calligraphy, meditation and Chinese opera framed by Lin’s ongoing cross-cultural research in dance as a medium for the integration of body, spirit and mind.

After receiving his BFA from Taiwan National University of the Arts, Lin accepted a fellowship to the Laban Centre in London and a position there with Transitions Dance Company.Lin was awarded a full fellowship to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, from which he received an MFA in 2003. That year, Temple University recruited Lin to teach and, in 2008, he relocated KYL/D from New York City to Philadelphia and established CHI Movement Arts Center (or “CHI MAC”)

Recently Lin was selected by Metro Philadelphia as one of the “AAPI Power Players 2024” and Quoted by the Broad Street Review in 2025 as “Philadelphia treasure”
Highly sought as a teacher, Lin is regularly invited to offer master classes and workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad.  Lin served as Full Professor at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia from 2003-2022.

Lin’s choreography, described as “deeply spiritual, remarkable” (Dance Magazine), has been presented throughout the United States as well as in Asia, London, Vienna and Mexico. Lin’s choreography has been commissioned by numerous companies including Dance Ensemble Singapore, Ballet Nacional de México, Ballet Philippines and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.

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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest Serge Laurent

Join host Joanne Carey as she interviews returning guest, Serge Laurent, director of the Van Cleef & Arpels Dance and Culture Program: Dance Reflections. Together they explore the rich history and innovative future of dance and its intersection with visual arts, heritage, and contemporary creation.

Discover how global festivals, curatorial strategies, and the universal language of dance foster cultural exchange and artistic evolution. Listen in to the history of the dance relationship between Van Cleef & Arpels and George Balanchine and the iconic ballet - Jewels.

Serge is here in NYC for the Dance Reflections Festival running from Feb 19 - Mar 21, 2026. Check out their website below to get tickets and attend the remaining performances- you won't want to miss it!

Serge Laurent was educated in Art History and Archeology at Ecole du Louvre, Paris, France. Monsieur Laurent spent twenty years at the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain as well as the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Since 2019, Serge Laurent has been in charge of the Dance and Culture Program at Van Cleef & Arpels.

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