Ulanova

American  

[oo-lah-nuh-vuh] / uˈlɑ nə və /

noun

1. Galina (Sergeyevna) 1910–98, Soviet ballerina.

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Ulanova British  

/ ʊˈlɑːnəvə /

noun

1. Galina ( Sergeyevna ) (ɡəˈliːnə) 1910–98, Russian ballet dancer, who performed with the Leningrad Kirov ballet (1928–44) and the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet (1944–62)

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Example Sentences

Ulanova and Dolgan eventually married and came to the United States for educational reasons.

From Washington Times

For example, calendars and other information indicate that Prince Philip “can never possibly have met” Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova, whose portrait the queen finds in her husband’s bag in Season 2.

From Washington Post

Asya Ulanova, 22, an egg donor from New York, said she was watching television in November when she suddenly felt a “visceral” pain in her abdomen and had trouble breathing.

From Washington Post

At the Kirov, Lavrovsky’s ballerina was Galina Ulanova; their “Romeo” success was such that Stalin installed them both at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow as resident stars of what had become the national company.

From New York Times

Crisp, now ballet critic for the Financial Times, met Ulanova some years later and she told him the dancers were initially concerned about the audience's subdued reaction.

From Reuters