Dance Victoria 2014-15 Season | Nutcracker Royal Winnipeg Ballet + Victoria Symphony program insert

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CANADA’S ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET + THE VICTORIA SYMPHONY Friday, Dec. 5 + Saturday, Dec. 6 Saturday, Dec. 6 + Sunday, Dec. 7

7:30 pm 2:00 pm

Running time (including intermission): 2 hours

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Under the distinguished Patronage of His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnson C.C., C.M.M, C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada.

Founders: GEWNNETH LLOYD and BETTY FARRALLY Artistic Director Emeritus: ARNOLD SPOHR, C.C., O.M. Founding Director, school professional division: DAVID MORONI, C. M. Founding Director, school recreational division: JEAN MACKENZIE Artistic Director Executive Director

André Lewis Jeff Herd

Artists Amanda Green*

Liang Xing

Yayoi Ban Dmitri Dovgoselets

Sophie Lee Yosuke Mino

Sarah Davey Tristan Dobrowney

Elizabeth Lamont Eric Nipp

Yoshiko Kamikusa Amanada McAdie Liam Caines Thiago dos Santos

Chenxin Liu Anna O’Callaghan Stephan Possin Luzemberg Santana

Katie Bonnell Amy Young

Jaimi Deleau Tyler Carver

Guest Artist

Maksim Chukaryov

*on leave

Senior Ballet Master Music Director and Conductor

Johnny W Chang Tadeusz Biernacki

School Director Arlene Minkhorst School Director of Operations Kate Fennel Principal, Recreational Division Kelly Bale Egor Zdor Manami Tsubai Ryan Vetter

Principal, Professional Division Jacqueline Webber Director, Aspirant program Stéphan Léonard Director, Teacher Training Johanne Gingras Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Ingrid Kottke Kathryn Ball Jessica Freundl

Message from the Artistic Director The story of a young girl’s Christmas has its source in the great German storyteller E.T.A. Hoffmann’s eccentric tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Alexander Dumas’ sweeter retelling of the tale inspired Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov to choreograph Nutcracker at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892. Since its premiere, Nutcracker has become one of the most enduring ballets of all time, performed more often than any other.

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker, choreographed by Galina Yordanova and Nina Menon, retains the spirit of the original’s German and Russian heritage but is uniquely Canadian, set on our continent at the turn of the 20th cen-

tury and features some of Canada’s unique cultural and festive traditions.

This year we are especially thrilled to welcome thirteen new furry friends to the show. An adult polar bear character and twelve baby polar bears are sure to delight audiences of all ages.

Nutcracker is for the child in all of us. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, with its wonderfully danceable melodies, the story speaks to those who believe in the power of the imagination as well as in the spirit of the holiday season.

Happy Holidays!

— André Lewis

About Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet A leading cultural institution, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet has earned a national and international reputation for its impassioned artistry and technical virtuosity, and has received widespread critical acclaim for extraordinary performances of a diverse classical and contemporary repertoire.

Founded in 1939, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet holds the distinction of being the first and only ballet company in North America to hold the “Royal” designation and is also one of the oldest ballet companies on the continent. In 1953, RWB received its royal title, the first granted under the reign of Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet first began to tour Canada in 1945; it completed its first American tour in 1954. Today, the Company spends anywhere from five to 20 weeks a year on the road, performing in centres large and small. The RWB is compact in size, with 26 dancers, a production crew of seven and a semi-trailer that carries approximately 25,000 kilograms of equipment. For full-length ballets, the RWB travels with two semitrailers and an expanded Company.

The RWB has performed in the United States, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and in every Canadian province.

Under Artistic Director André Lewis, Royal Winnipeg Ballet has expanded its repertoire to include bold, innovative new works that embody creative excellence and engage audiences in an ongoing commitment to the vitality of this unique art form. Ballets such as The Handmaid’s Tale based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, Dracula, Nutcracker, Moulin Rouge® –The Ballet and Going Home Star – A Story of Truth and Reconciliation are great examples of the fine balance between the classical traditions and the boldness of contemporary ballet, which in turn has given this ensemble of artists a unique style. Now celebrating 75 years, the energy and exuberance of its versatile dancers are Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s enduring signature.

Casting *All casting subject to change ACT I - The Christmas Party CLARA

Saeka Shirai and Yayoi Ban (Dec. 5e, 6e) Sophia Lee (Dec. 6m, 7m) CLARA’S PARENTS Elizabeth Lamont (Dec. 5e, 6e) Sarah Davey (Dec. 6m, 7m) Dmitri Dovgoselets (Dec. 5e, 6e) Liang Xing (Dec. 6m, 7m) HER GRANDMOTHER Sophia Lee (Dec. 5e, 6e) Yayoi Ban (Dec. 6m, 7m) FRITZ Stephan Possin (Dec. 5e, 6e) Luzemberg Santana (Dec. 6m, 7m) JOSEPHINE, CLARA’S AUNT Sarah Davey (Dec. 5e, 6e) Elizabeth Lamont (Dec. 6m, 7m) EDOUARD, JOSEPHINE’S FIANCÉ Egor Zdor (Dec. 5e, 6e) Maksim Chukaryov (Dec. 6m, 7m) DROSSELMEIER, CLARA’S GODFATHER Thiago Dos Santos (Dec. 5e, 6e) Eric Nipp (Dec. 6m, 7m) JULIEN, DROSSELMEIER’S NEPHEW Mark Griffiths THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE Liang Xing (Dec. 5e, 6e) Tristan Dobrowney (Dec. 6m, 7m) CLARA’S FRIENDS Yoshiko Kamikusa Chenxin Liu (Dec. 5e, 6e) Manami Tsubai (Dec. 6m, 7m) Anna O’Callaghan Luzemberg Santana (Dec. 5e, 6e) Stephan Possin (Dec. 6m, 7m) Ryan Vetter and Children THEIR PARENTS Dae Hee Lee Hannah Julien Julia Jones-Whitehead Amy Young Eric Nipp (Dec. 5e, 6e)

Thiago Dos Santos (Dec. 6m, 7m) Liam Caines Maxim Chukaryov (Dec. 5e, 6e) Egor Zdor (Dec. 6m, 7m) Tyler Carver FILBERT THE BEAR Katie Bonnell BUTLER Philippe Larouche MAIDS Jesse Petrie Jaimi Deleau FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS Clara, The Nutcracker Prince

- Clara’s Dream AN EVIL SORCERER Luzemberg Santana (Dec. 5e, 6e) Stephan Possin (Dec. 6m, 7m) BATS Madeline Baez Dae Hee Lee Adrienne Bot Hannah Julien

- The Battle THE MOUSE KING Luzemberg Santana (Dec. 5e, 6e) Stephan Possin (Dec. 6m, 7m) HIS ARMY OF MICE Katie Bonnell Jaimi Deleau Dae Hee Lee Jesse Petrie Adrienne Bot Hannah Julien Julia Jones-Whitehead Madeline Bez Shaye-Lynn Martin and Children SOLDIERS & MOUNTED POLICE Eric Nipp (Dec. 5e, 6e) Thiago Dos Santos (Dec. 6m, 7m) Liam Caines Egor Zdor Tyler Carver Maksim Chukaryov Ryan Vetter

Philippe Larouche Mark Griffiths

- The Magical Forest – SNOWFLAKES Elizabeth Lamont (Dec. 5e, 6e) Anna O’Callaghan (Dec. 6m, 7m) Sarah Davey (Dec. 5e, 6e) Chenxin Liu (Dec. 6m, 7m) Yoshiko Kamikusa Katie Bonnell Manami Tsubai Amy Young Jaimi Deleau Dae Hee Lee Jesse Petrie Adrienne Bot Hannah Julian Julia Jones-Whitehead Saeka Shirai Shaye-Lynn Martin HAZEL Liam Caines POLAR BEAR CUBS Children

ACT II - The Kingdom SUGAR PLUM FAIRY Sarah Davey (Dec. 5e, 6e) Anna O’Callaghan (Dec. 6m, 7m) ANGELS Childre WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS Amy Young Maksim Chukaryov Manami Tsubai Yoshiko Kamikusa (Dec. 6m, 7m) Egor Zdor Ryan Vetter (Dec. 5e, 6e) Elizabeth Lamont (Dec. 5e, 6e) Chenxin Liu (Dec. 6m, 7m) Stephan Possin (Dec. 6m, 7m) Anna O’Callaghan (Dec. 5e, 6e) Katie Bonnell (Dec. 6m, 7m) Tyler Carver Dae Hee Lee Jesse Petrie

Casting *All casting subject to change Adrienne Bot Hannah Julien Julia Jones-Whitehead Shaye-Lynn Martin SPANISH Sophia Lee (Dec. 5e, 6e) Yayoi Ban (Dec. 6m, 7m) Jaimi Deleau ARABIAN Katie Bonnell (Dec. 5e, 6e) Sarah Davey (Dec. 6m, 7m) Eric Nipp (Dec. 5e, 6e) Liam Caines (Dec. 6m, 7m) CHINESE

Chenxin Liu (Dec. 5e, 6e) Saeka Shirai (Dec. 6m, 7m) RUSSIAN Yoshiko Kamikusa (Dec. 5e, 6e) Manami Tsubai (Dec. 6m, 7m) Ryan Vetter (Dec. 5e, 6e) Egor Zdor (Dec. 6m, 7m) Philippe Larouche PAS DE QUATRE Amy Young Maksim Chukaryov Manami Tsubai (Dec. 5e, 6e) Yoshiko Kamikusa (Dec. 6m, 7m) Egor Zdor (Dec. 5e, 6e)

Ryan Vetter (Dec. 6m, 7m) Elizabeth Lamont (Dec. 5e, 6e) Chenxin Liu (Dec. 6m, 7m) Luzemberg Santana (Dec. 5e, 6e) Stephan Possin (Dec. 6m, 7m) Anna O’Callaghan (Dec. 5e, 6e) Katie Bonnell (Dec. 6m, 7m) Tyler Carver GIGUE Drosselmeier & The Sugar Plum Grand Pas Clara & The Nutcracker Prince Finale The company

Biographies ANDRÉ LEWIS: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR André Lewis has spent the majority of his career with Canada’s first professional dance company, accepting the position of artistic director in 1996. Since then he has been the driving force behind the new and innovative works that have dramatically rejuvenated the Company’s repertoire. A native of Gatineau, Québec, Lewis began his dance training in Ottawa before being accepted into the Professional Division of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 1975. He joined the RWB Company in 1979 where he enjoyed an accomplished career as a dancer for over ten years.

Lewis has commissioned numerous blockbuster ballets such as Mark Godden’s Dracula in 1998 and Moulin Rouge® - The Ballet in 2009. He was instrumental in the 1999 creation of a new Nutcracker for the Company and in 2002, Lewis brought to Winnipeg the thrilling and passionate Carmina Burana by Argentinean choreographer Mauricio Wainrot. In 2012, Lewis and Atlanta Ballet artistic director John McFall co-commissioned a new creation by celebrated choreographer Twyla Tharp titled Twyla Tharp’s The Princess & The Goblin. In 2013, Lewis commissioned another outstanding new creation in conjunction with New York choreographer Lila York. The full-length ballet The Handmaid’s Tale was a bold adaptation of the novel of the same name by Governor General Award-winning Canadian author, Margaret Atwood. In addition to his position as artistic director, Lewis is a sought-after ballet instructor and

has guest taught throughout Europe and Japan.

GALINA YORDANOVA: CHOREOGRAPHER Madame Yordanova trained for nine years at Baku in the USSR and for five years with the Bolshoi Ballet where she received her teacher’s diploma in 1960. She held diplomas in Choreography and Teacher Training from the G.I.T.S. in Moscow. In 1960, Madame Yordanova was Ballet Mistress of the Varna Norodna Opera in Bulgaria where she staged a number of classics including Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, Coppélia, Les Sylphides, Giselle and Nutcracker.

She has also worked extensively with the Ballet der Deutschen Oper, Berlin and with companies in Madrid and Valencia, Spain and in Nagoya and Kyoto, Japan.

In 1980, Madame Yordanova began to spend a portion of each year in Winnipeg, teaching at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division Summer Session. Her expert teaching of the Russian style was an important component of the development of the teaching style of the school. In 1995, she joined the artistic faculty fulltime as resident Guest Teacher. She worked extensively with the RWB dancers to prepare them for the Company’s 1987 premiere of Swan Lake, which she staged in the Russian style. In 1990, Madame Yordanova shared her expertise and talent in the staging of the RWB’s premiere of La Bayadère, Act II, featuring members of the Company together with young artists from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the RWB School in 1996, she staged Don Quixote, with the school’s entire student body performing alongside Company members who were school graduates in the lead roles. For the RWB’s 1999/2000 season, Madame Yordanova, along with Nina Menon, choreographed a new version of Nutcracker for the Company which premiered in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre on December 2, 1999.

NINA MENON: CHOREOGRAPHER Nina Menon joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet after graduating from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division.

As a member of the corps de ballet she danced numerous soloist roles and in 1990 she made her choreographic debut at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s choreographic workshop. The success of this ballet and others, plus the commissioning by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of her popular ballet La Soif, led Artistic Director André Lewis to appoint Nina Menon Resident Choreographer.

Highlights of Ms. Menon’s residency include Drunken Butterflies a ballet choreographed to polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki. This ballet explores the life of an immigrant family through dance and film. In 1999 she collaborated with Galina Yordanova on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s new version of Nutcracker which premiered in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre. In the same season Nina Menon shared with the world her East Indian ancestral roots by creating a ballet to The Gita Govinda. Collaborating with composer Mychael Danna (Felicia’s Journey, Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair( Ms. Menon’s ballet, The Gitagovinda, told an ancient story from her personal connection with the poem. The sacred poem was passed down to Nina by her grandmother.

During her residency, Nina Menon choreographed several ballets for the Professional Division students and taught dance at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Recreational Division. She now lives in Montreal with life partner Mark Godden and their two sons. She teaches ballet at Sheila Parkins Dance Academy and several Montessori schools.

In her spare time she loves to garden.

PAUL DAIGLE: COSTUME DESIGNER Costume designer Paul Daigle has a first-hand understanding of the intricacies of designing for dance. A graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Daigle went on to perform for two seasons with the Royal Winnipeg

Ballet prior to launching his career in design in 1988.

Daigle has established a very creative and productive relationship with choreographer Mark Godden. Together they have collaborated on a variety of creations for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. In 1998, Daigle designed the scenery and costumes for Godden’s first full-length ballet, Dracula. In 2003, he went on to win the Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association’s Blizzard Award for best costume design for Guy Maddin’s film adaptation of Godden’s Dracula. Daigle also designed the costumes for RWB’s Nutcracker, which premiered at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre on December 2, 1999. In 2003, Daigle created the scenery and costume design of Godden’s full-length creation The Magic Flute.

Daigle has also created set and costume designs for ballet companies other than the RWB, including Ballet British Columbia, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen in Toronto, Alberta Ballet, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montréal and Campañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico. In 1999, he designed the scenery and costumes for Alexei Ratmansky’s full-length production of The Fairies Kiss for The Kiev Ballet. In 2009, he designed costumes for Mark Godden’s Wonder Wild for Milwaukee Ballet and did a redesign of costumes for Angels in the Architecture for Northern Ballet in Leeds, UK. Daigle is involved in the artistic life of his home in the Maritimes; he is Past Chair for the New Brunswick Arts Board and continues his work as a designer. In 2002, Daigle designed the scenery and costumes for Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada’s debut production of Figaro; he has also designed for Theatre New Brunswick and Nova Scotia’s Neptune Theatre. In 2010, Paul designed costumes for Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius’ production of The Rocky Horror Show, and in 2011 designed costumes for Mark Godden’s ballet Svengali. In 2012 he designed for Milwaukee Ballet’s La Bohéme and also designed for RWB’s 75th Anniversary season opener, Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation.

TADEUSZ BIERNACKI: MUSIC DIRECTOR Music Director and Conductor Tadeusz Biernacki was born in Czestochowa, Poland where he began his music education at the early age of four. He won the Karol Szymanowski competition in Warsaw in 1976 and earned his Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Conservatory of Music in Katowice in 1978. He has performed as a soloist in many European countries.

Biernacki settled in Canada in 1978 and continued his studies with Professor Marek Jablonski at the University of Manitoba and Banff School of Fine Arts and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski in Minneapolis. As a winner of the 1980 Young Artist’s Competition, Biernacki has toured Canada extensively in solo and chamber music recitals. In 1983 he began his association with the Manitoba Opera and in 1988 with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He made his conducting debut with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 1992 and has since conducted Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, String and Symphony Orchestras of The International Music Camp at Peace Garden, Music Baroque Ensemble, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, Windsor Symphony Orchestra as well as Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Grand Forks Symphony, Cleveland Opera Orchestra (USA), Tessaloniki State Orchestra (Greece), Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan),Hong Kong Sinfonietta. He also conducted world premieres of Nutcracker, Moulin Rouge® – The Ballet, Wonderland, Svengali, Princess and the Goblin, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation for RWB. Biernacki has branched out into composition with his one act opera “Happy Campers” composed for the Manitoba Opera School Tour in 1997, as well as numerous symphonic arrangements and orchestrations with other organizations.

“Charlies Kreuzfahrt”, a full-length ballet commissioned for Stadtische Theater Chemnitz in Germany, received its world premiere in 2005. Feeling equally at home with choral music, Biernacki has been Music Director of Sokol Polish Folk Ensemble since 1980. Under his leadership the ensemble has made several recordings and has toured Canada and abroad. Biernacki maintains a busy schedule as pianist in solo and chamber recitals as well as an accompanist for many opera singers. In addition to his position with the RWB, Biernacki is an Assistant Music Director, Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master of Manitoba Opera.

BRIAN PERCHALUK: SCENIC DESIGNER Brian Perchaluk is a set and costume designer based in Winnipeg. Born and raised in rural Manitoba, Brian graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the National Theatre School of Canada and later went on to apprentice at the Banff Centre. His designs have been featured on stages across the country including the Neptune Theatre, Atlantic Ballet Theatre, Canadian Stage,

Theatre Passe Muraille, the Grand Theatre, the Blyth Festival, the National Arts Centre, Persephone Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, the Citadel Theatre, The Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club Theatre, the Belfry Theatre and two seasons each at the Stratford and Shaw Festivals.

In Winnipeg he has often worked for Prairie Theatre Exchange, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Rainbow Stage, Le Cercle Molière, Manitoba Opera and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, where he has designed more than forty productions.

Among his favourite credits are M. Butterfly for the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the National Arts Centre, Les Misérables for the Neptune Theatre, Time and the Conways for the Shaw Festival, Nutcracker for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Hay Fever for Theatre Calgary.

In 1999 Brian received a Gemini Award for outstanding production design for his work on Journey and in 2003 a Jessie Richardson Award for outstanding set design for Mary’s Wedding.

MICHAEL J. WHITFIELD: LIGHTING DESIGNER Michael J. Whitfield has an extensive background in lighting design for theatre, ballet and opera.

A native of Victoria, BC, Mr. Whitfield received his training in theatre at the University of Victoria, Villanova University and the University of Illinois. In 1974 he began a long association with the Stratford Festival, where he was for many years the Resident Lighting Designer and was responsible for the lighting design of a great variety of plays and musicals, including The Mikado, Amadeus and King Lear. He has worked extensively in Canadian regional theatre and his work is often seen at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.

Mr. Whitfield is also much in demand as a lighting designer for opera and his designs have been featured at the San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, the Minnesota Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Welsh National Opera and for Canadian companies in Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Edmonton, Calgary, Banff and Vancouver. His lighting has been featured at the Canadian Opera Company for over 30, years where designs included Wozzeck and Madama Butterfly.

In the world of ballet, Mr. Whitfield’s work has been represented by Alice and The Nutcracker at The National Ballet of Canada, The Merry Widow for the American Ballet Theatre and Romeo & Juliet at the Finnish National Ballet.

For Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet his lighting design has also been seen in The Sleeping Beauty and Anne of Green Gables.

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Victoria Symphony Tania Miller, Music Director, Giuseppe Pietraroia, Conductor in Residence First Violins

Piccolo

Trombones

Terence Tam, Concertmaster Christi Meyers, Assistant Concertmaster Tori Lindsay, Principal 2nd Violin Cory Balzer** Müge Büyükçelen-Badel Courtney Cameron Michele Kwon Emily Salmon Christopher Taber Julian Vitek

Sally Harvey

Brad Howland, Principal Marcus Hissen

Oboes Michael Byrne, Principal Russell Bajer

Bass Trombone

English Horn

Tuba

Russell Bajer

Paul Beauchesne, Principal

Clarinets

Timpani

Keith MacLeod, Principal Jennifer Christensen

William Linwood, Principal

Kenji Fuse, Principal Stacey Boal Kay Cochran

Bass Clarinet

Corey Rae, Principal

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Celli

Jennifer Gunter, Principal Anne Marie Power

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Violas

Joyce Elwood, Acting Principal Perry Foster Alasdair Money

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Horns

Bob Fraser

Percussion Harp

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Orchestra Manager

Mary Rannie, Principal Darren Buhr

Michael Oswald, Acting Principal Dan Moses, Acting 2nd Horn Janet Parker Darnell Linwood, Acting 4th Horn

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Librarian

Richard Volet, Principal Sally Harvey

Ryan Cole, Principal David Michaux

Ronald Comber Russell Bajer, assistant

Basses

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