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1982 – Debra Austin is hired as a principal with Pennsylvania Ballet / Alonzo King LINES Ballet is founded – MOBBallet.org
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1982 – Debra Austin is hired as a principal with Pennsylvania Ballet / Alonzo King LINES Ballet is founded – MOBBallet.org
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New York City Ballet production of "Chansons Madecasses" with Debra Austin, choreography by Jerome Robbins (New York) - NYPL Digital Collections
Penn BSL - Debra Austin was the first Black female dancer at the New York City Ballet (1974) and later, the first Black woman to be promoted principal within a major American
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