Alexandra Danilova

Japanese: ダニロワ - だにろわ(英語表記)Alexandra Danilova
Alexandra Danilova

A Russian-born ballerina who was active in the United States. After graduating from the Imperial Choreographic School in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), she joined the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet. In 1924, she toured Europe with a small group including Balanchine and others, and joined Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in the same year, performing in works such as "The Triumph of Neptune" and "Apollo Leading the Muses." After Diaghilev's death (1929), she participated as a soloist in the de Basile Ballet in 1933 and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1938, dancing in works such as "The Beautiful Danube" and "The Bustle of Paris," choreographed by Massine. In 1954, she founded her own ballet company in New York, but retired in 1957. After that, she worked with Balanchine to choreograph "Coppélia" for the New York City Ballet, and taught the next generation of ballet dancers at the School of American Ballet.

[Kazuko Kuniyoshi]

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Japanese:

ロシア生まれのアメリカで活躍したバレリーナ。ペトログラード(サンクト・ペテルブルグ)の帝室舞踊学校卒業後、マリンスキー劇場バレエ団に入る。1924年バランチンらとともに小グループでヨーロッパを巡演後、同年ディアギレフのロシア・バレエ団に参加、『ネプチューンの勝利』『ミューズを率いるアポロ』などに出演した。ディアギレフの死(1929)後、33年にド・バジル・バレエ団、38年にバレエ・リュス・ド・モンテカルロにソリストとして参加、マシーン振付けの『美しきドナウ』『パリの賑(にぎ)わい』などを踊った。54年ニューヨークに自身のバレエ団を創設したが、57年に引退。その後はバランチンに協力してニューヨーク・シティ・バレエ団のために『コッペリア』を振り付けたり、アメリカン・バレエ学校で後進の指導にあたった。

[國吉和子]

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