A spread of pages from the December 1994 issue of Dance Magazine. The right page is mostly taken up by an image of Paloma Herrera, wearing a pink classical tutu, holding a bouquet and smiling. Her partner and members of the corps de ballet look on from upstage. The headline of the story is, "Paloma Herrera, Younger than Springtime: Paloma Herrera at age 18 is American Ballet Theatre's budding superstar."

TBT: Paloma Herrera at 18 Was “A Prodigy At Work”

In the December 1994 issue of Dance Magazine, John Gruen wrote of an 18-year-old American Ballet Theatre soloist named Paloma Herrera, “Here was a prodigy at work.” He was referring to her performances of Balanchine’s demanding Theme and Variations that spring; to have been in the audience, he wrote, “was to be in the presence of a near miracle.”

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