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Reviews. Alexandra Danilova. Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova ( Russian: Александра Дионисьевна Данилова; November 20, 1903 – July 13, 1997) was a Russian-born prima ballerina, who became an American citizen. In 1989, she was recognized for lifetime achievements in ballet as a Kennedy Center Honoree. [4] Early life.
- Russian, American (naturalized 1946)
- George Balanchine (1926–1933)
Alexandra Danilova (born November 20, 1903, Peterhof, Russia—died July 13, 1997, New York, New York, U.S.) was a prima ballerina who brought to American ballet the training and traditions of both the classical Russian and the modern Diaghilev repertoires.
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Jul 15, 1997 · In 1938, she became prima ballerina of a rival company, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in part because its resident choreographer was Massine, whom she admired only slightly less than...
Promoted to soloist in 1922. She formed a small group with Balanchine and left Russia for a tour to Europe in 1924. Engaged by Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes from 1924-29. Then she danced with de Basil’s Ballets Russes (1933-38) and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-52).
Educated in the last years of the Russian Imperial Ballet School prior to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, she danced on the Soviet stage, brought her training and talents to Western Europe in the 1920s and, starting in the 1930s, toured the United States as well.
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Jul 16, 1997 · Alexandra Danilova, a famed ballerina in Europe and America and one of the last survivors of the Imperial Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg before the revolution, has died in New York. She...
Jul 15, 1997 · July 14, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Alexandra Danilova, 93, the former prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo who helped build audiences for classical dance across America and then...
