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Beriosova

British  
/ bɛrɪˈəʊsəvə /

noun

  1. Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania

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Her solo was made for the exquisitely gracious Svetlana Beriosova: in its opening phrase, advancing down a diagonal, she performs an extraordinary alternation of steps.

From New York Times • May 13, 2010

Lithuanian-born Co-Star Svetlana Beriosova had elegance and style, but not the breathtaking precision of either Fonteyn or the New York City Ballet's Maria Tallchief.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fess Parker is host to some British vaudevillians as well as Dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Svetlana Beriosova of the Royal Ballet.

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Wednesday's child, who is "full of woe," is portrayed by Svetlana Beriosova as a studiously mournful, black-clad wraith, pursued by a clutching quartet of mottled, mock-serious snakes.

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