Slavenska

American  

[slah-ven-skah] / slɑˈvɛn skɑ /

noun

1. Mia Mia Corak, 1914?–2002, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Yugoslavia.

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Example Sentences

At 47, Ms. Slavenska retired from dancing, spending the next 40 years teaching in California and New York, where her students included many of the postmodern dancers behind the revolutionary Judson Dance Theater.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

One, Meredith Monk, recalled how Ms. Slavenska would enter the studio: leggings under a fur coat and a beautiful upsweep.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

In “Mia,” Ms. Slavenska recalls her saying: “ ‘How did you manage with all those skirts?

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

Shortly before Mia Slavenska died in 2002, Maria Ramas, her daughter, made a promise: to tell her story.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

Beaten Blanche Du Bois, danced by Slavenska, quickly revealed the incipient madness which, in the play, had a slower buildup.

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