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c.1943 -
Former dancer, choreographer and teacher, Ries is the author of several articles on Dai Ailian and the reinstatement of ballet in China for Asia-based magazines and the South China Morning Morning Post, for whom she was dance critic from 1980 while living in Hong Kong. Ries first met Dai Ailian in Beijing in 1982 and was invited to observe Central Ballet of China company classes and rehearsals, leading to further assignments by Dance Magazine in New York between 1985 and 1992.