Catching a Glimpse of Michelle Obama: WWD
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:49AM
The Metropolitan Opera House got a taste of the control-freak White House Monday night when the American Ballet Theatre's Spring Gala welcomed its honorary chairman, Michelle Obama.
Clearly word of her attendance had spread ahead of time—police barricades held back both paparazzi and civilian snappers. But there was little chance of a stray sighting as the First Lady's appearance was a finely calibrated dance that left most in the Opera House's audience guessing. And as for official photos: there was one, taken by a White House-approved photographer and released the next day that showed a wooden Obama standing beside Met dignitaries, or barely discernable amongst a sea of ballet dancers. more
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