Frederic Franklin & Alexandra Danilova. Photo by Constantine, 1944 Below is a review written by Edwin Denby, September 11, 1944 after the...

From Alexandra Danilova'a memoir: “I wanted so much to dance [Ballet Imperial], but I didn’t; this second time he appointed Mary Ellen...

After graduating from the Imperial Ballet School, Alexandra Danilova’a first role in the Marysinsky Ballet was in Petipa’s Coppélia. She...

Who was Alexandra Danilova? Known to friends as “Choura” and known to students as simply “Madame”, Alexandra Danilova was born in 1904,...

Allegra Kent was 11 years old when she first experienced an evening at the ballet (1948). The third ballet on the program was La...

Three Balanchine Duets* Part 3 *commissioned for the Vail Dance Festival This week, Vail’s International Evenings of Dance performances...

The original Sleepwalker in La Sonnambula, Alexandra Danilova, recalled learning this ballet in her autobiography Choura: “I was the...

La Sonnambula was originally titled Night Shadow and was created by Balanchine for Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin who were then...