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Article: The natural: San Francisco Ballet's Tina LeBlanc blends technique, verve, classicism--and range.(Biography)
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- Dance Magazine
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- March 1, 2006
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At best, judging dancers by their national origin is a fool's game. But who can resist playing it when the dancer is Tina LeBlanc? Watch her perform for 20 minutes and you will know why she is the quintessential American ballerina.
The purity of her line, the directness of her gesture, the clarity of her articulation, the vulnerability with which she permits the music to engulf her limbs, and the sheer naturalness of her demeanor--all betoken the guilelessness of this country at its finest. LeBlanc's biography offers no contradiction. She was trained entirely on native soil, launched her professional career in association with one major American dance ...