we have a piece called “Prima Ballerina.” It’s about Julie Kent, who just retired from the American Ballet Theatre. I interviewed her, and say a fair amount about her in the magazine.

They were stars of the pre-war stage – prima ballerinas ... and founded the ‘Polish Ballet’, a troupe of young Polish émigré dancers. Marie Rambert during a rehearsal of Giselle, Salisbury, 1945, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 27, 1949, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s ...

In that moment, Tallchief had no idea that she was about to make history, not only for the New York City Ballet, but in her journey toward becoming America’s first prima ballerina. To be a prima ...