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Dancing for doctors. (News).


For the third year in a row, Royal Swedish Ballet King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773. Sources
  • http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/ballet/swedes/swedeintro.html
 dancers are leaping through the months in their very own wall calendar. The gravity-defying photos are snapped by photographer and Norwegian National Ballet dancer John Andresen. RSB RSB Royal Society for the Blind (Adelaide, South Australia)
RSB Replica-Symmetry Breaking
RSB Riverside School Board (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
RSB Robbie Seay Band
RSB Rear Sway Bar
 dancer Stian Armstad organizes the project, his fellow performers pose free, and all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders, Fr. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), international organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people suffering from a natural or societal disaster, such as an earthquake or war. , a program that brings health care to underserved areas. "The calendar is very popular in Sweden, and it's almost sold out already," said Andresen at press time. But it's possible to check the supply and view other photos through his Web site www.johnandresen.com). Over the years, the calendar has raised thousands of dollars for Doctors Without Borders, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.  in 1999.
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Title Annotation:Royal Swedish Ballet dancers pose for calendar; profits to Doctors Without Borders
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Date:Mar 1, 2002
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