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Sasha De Sola, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet; Jeanne Devereaux (1912–2011), prima ballerina, choreographer; Julie Diana, ballet dancer, writer and arts administrator, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, executive director, American Repertory Ballet
"Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who is a female principal dancer. These dancers are the best in their companies who perform the lead roles in ballets, along with their male counterparts". [1]
Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) [1] was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. [2]
Inspired by a magazine cover of a ballerina she found outside the orphanage gates and kept while in Sierra Leone, DePrince trained as a ballet dancer in the U.S., performing at the Youth America Grand Prix among other competitions. She trained in classical ballet at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova [a] (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; [b] 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, being the first ballerina to tour the world, including ...
Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American prima ballerina.She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet. [1] Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine.
Even featured on the covers of Ballet News, Dance Magazine, and Hispanic Magazine, she was considered as the “fairest flower of the ballet”, by San Francisco columnist Herb Caen. [12] She grew to become San Francisco Ballet’s “prima-ballerina” and an international star under Lew Christensen, Michael Smuin, and Helgi Tómasson. [3]
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (12 February 1881 – 23 January 1931), famous Russian ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th century. Pavlova is a largely remembered for her famous dance The Dying Swan and because she was the first ballerina to travel around the world and bring ballet to people who had never seen it.