Aspiring（有志氣/有抱負）top-levelballet（芭蕾舞）studentsstretchedinthewarm-uproombeforeauditions（試演/面試）fortheSchoolofAmericanBalletinManhattanonMondayinNewYork.Theschool,foundedinpartbylegendarychoreographer（編舞家）GeorgeBalanchine,isoneofthepremier（最早）balletacademiesinthecountry.Eighty-fivechildren,agessevenandeight,auditionedandwereexaminedfortheirformfortheclassesbeginningSeptember2006. AFP
1班志氣高昂的頂尖芭蕾舞學生，周一在紐約曼哈頓的美國芭蕾舞學院，做熱身舒展筋骨，為試演做準備。學院由著名編舞家巴蘭欽創立，是美國最早的芭蕾舞學院。85名7至8歲的小童，接受面試和測試狀態，希望可於今年9月入讀。 法新社