Allegra kent autobiography example

Title: Once A Dancer... An Autobiography

Author: Allegra Kent

Year: 1997

ISBN: 0-312-18750-5

Allegra Kent was a former New York City Ballet principal dancer.

She joined the New York City Ballet (NYCB) at the tender age of fifteen and became one of the most celebrated dancers ever produced by the co-founder and choreographer of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine.

Allegra kent autobiography example pdf

In fact, she was one of the muses of George Balanchine.

Allegra Kent was born Iris Margo Cohen on August 11 1937 in Santa Monica, California. She began her first ballet classes with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before proceeding to study at the School of American Ballet in 1951.

She joined NYCB as a corps de ballet dancer one year later. Kent progressed rapidly through the company and was soon offered principal roles and also have roles created for her by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.

Some of the roles created by George Balanchine for Kent w