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Moscow Ballet defector Andrei Ustinov took his first bow with the Dallas Ballet--his adopted American company--Tuesday night at a benefit that freely waved the red white and blue. Dallas Ballet officials, hoping Ustinov’s presence will prove to be a shot in the arm for the the financially strapped troupe, presented him in a potpourri of ballet excerpts that combined Moscow Ballet repertoire and short pieces set to music by American Marschmeister John Philip Sousa. “I’m happy. I’m interested in dancing for (the) public,” Ustinov said.

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