{"id":8333,"date":"2000-06-11T19:41:40","date_gmt":"2000-06-11T19:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2016\/12\/07\/russian-ballet-visiting-820\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:59","slug":"russian-ballet-visiting-820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2000\/06\/11\/russian-ballet-visiting-820\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Ballet &#8211; Visiting (820)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With his mother at the piano, and his students poised at the barre, Yuri Smaltzoff upholds the tradition of Russian Classical Ballet in the most surprising location&#8211;Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. After years of performing around the world, Yuri began teaching in the United States in 1964. 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