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New York City Ballet's artistic director Jonathan Stafford poses inside the lobby of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
![Bebeto Matthews New York City Ballet's associate artistic director Wendy Whelan poses inside the lobby of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5a78e3a38a474ed4b48664e4ac4f176b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
New York City Ballet's associate artistic director Wendy Whelan poses inside the lobby of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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FILE - Ballet dancer Tiler Peck attends the New York City Ballet Spring Gala at the David H. Koch Theater on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
![Bebeto Matthews New York City Ballet's artistic director Jonathan Stafford, right, and associate artistic director Wendy Whelan pose inside the lobby of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9b5f0e567ed048a9a15c195527c0db1f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
New York City Ballet's artistic director Jonathan Stafford, right, and associate artistic director Wendy Whelan pose inside the lobby of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)