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Boston Ballet on point with an emotional Onegin

Clever choreography and intelligent dancing told the tale of a fiery romance last Thursday at the Boston Opera House. Boston's lead dancers left the audience breathless when the curtain closed on opening night of Boston Ballet's latest production, John Cranko's Onegin. Cranko's

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Irlan Silva: From Favela to Boston Ballet First Soloist

BOSTON – Irlan Silva was 14 years old when he first visited America. As a young Brazilian ballet dancer from the most violent favela, or urban slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Silva traveled to New York to compete in the 2005 Youth America Grand Prix. It was his first international dance