Aleandra Danilova dead at 93.NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. -- Alexandre Danilova, whose combination of technical brilliance, joy in dancing, and personal glamour made her one of the most influential ballerinas of the twentieth century, died July 13 at the age of 93, in New York City. Born in Russia November 20, 1903, Danilova began her career in 1911 as a student at the Maryinsky Theatre and concluded it in 1989, when she retired after twenty-five years as a teacher at the School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. It is considered one of the most prestigious and notable ballet schools in the United States and teaches some of the most talented young dancers in the country. . "She was the prima ballerina pri·ma ballerina n. The leading woman dancer in a ballet company. [Italian : prima, feminine of primo, first + ballerina, ballerina. assoluta in every way," said Dance Magazine senior editor Doris Hering. "She was highly professional: She toured constantly with the Ballet Russe, always at the top of her form." A soloist with the Soviet State Ballet of the Maryinsky Theatre in 1922-23, Danilova left Russia with George Balanchine Noun 1. George Balanchine - United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983) Balanchine in 1924 to tour with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Ballets Russes: see Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich. Ballets Russes Ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergey Diaghilev. Considered the source of modern ballet, the company employed the most outstanding creative talent of the period. . She danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes, and was the prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Ballet company formed in Monte Carlo in 1932. The name derived from Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which dissolved after his death in 1929. Under René Blum and Col. W. from 1938 to 1952. Edwin Denby called her "not only a prodigious technician, but the way she points up a technical feat with a personal wit and distinction makes her the equal of any great actress." He wrote "at the height of a classical variation, while she is observing all the restrictions of the grand style, she seems suddenly to be happy to be dancing, with a pleasure like a little girl's." Denby said "her air of dancing for the delight of it ... captures the audience's heart." Danilova called on a remarkable memory as she coached dancers and staged works throughout the world. More coverage of Danilova will appear in the October issue. |
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