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

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

Ms. Slavenska, a Croatian dancer, joined the Ballet Russe in 1938, but with so many stars in the company, good parts were hard-won.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

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

Best known as a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ms. Slavenska was a glamorous beauty with strong shoulders, steely legs and a sparkling, virtuosic technique.

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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