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Mikko Nissinen on going home to Finland with Boston Ballet

Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen sat down the other day to chat about the company’s tour to Helsinki, which took place Sept. 5-10. For the 50-year-old Nissinen, who was born in Helsinki and danced with the Finnish National Ballet, and for his boyhood friend Boston Ballet resident choreographer Jorma Elo, the tour was not just an artistic success but a poignant homecoming.

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