"Olga is a very natural and gifted teacher, hard-working and extremely devoted to her students, " the school's artistic director and faculty chairman, Peter Martins, said in an e-mail.

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These were joined, to sorry effect, on several bills by "Bal de Couture, " a recent creation by company ballet-master-in-chief Peter Martins, which, with its gaudy Valentino costume designs, began life last spring as desperate gala fare and which continues now as program filler.

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Two are by Peter Martins.

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