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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy greet the cast and crew of Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Billy the Kid,” performed by the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) as part of a dinner in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. President Houphouët-Boigny (partially hidden) and First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, stand at right; composer, Aaron Copland, stands at far left. Also pictured: performers, Bruce Marks, Ruth Ann Koesun, Richard Englund, John Kriza, Janie Barrow, and Ali Pourfarrokh; ballet master, Fernand Nault. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.