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Kim said she was the first South Korean awarded a government scholarship to study at the Royal Ballet in England in 1966. John Munger, director of research at Dance USA, the national service organization for professional concert dance, said the Asian dominance at the competition isn't surprising. Munger said over the past 25 years, there's been increased ballet activity in Pacific rim countries, such as the Philippines, China, Korea and Taiwan. "The other side of the coin is there has been a notable internationalization of ballet around the planet," Munger said. A 2006 study he conducted of 76 dance companies with annual budgets of $1 million or more found the dancers represented 73 nations. Munger said it's possible Caribbean or northern South American dancers will figure prominently when the USA IBC is held again in Jackson four years from now.
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