Ulanova
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 • Mar. 28, 2017
Leonid Lavrovsky choreographed the premiere performance for legendary ballerina Galina Ulanova as Juliet with Konstantin Sergeyev as her Romeo.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014
When "Romeo and Juliet" finally made it to the stage, Ulanova quipped, "Never was a story of more woe than this of Prokofiev and his Romeo."
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014
As the dancer Jacques d'Amboise put it: "The English have their Fonteyn; the French, Chauviré; the Russians, Ulanova; the Cubans, Alonso; and now the US could claim their Tallchief."
From The Guardian • Apr. 14, 2013
For those who wonder what a ski nose looks like with snow on it but missed the first showing, a re-run of Hope's visit to Moscow last March; with Violinist David Oistrakh, Ballerina Galina Ulanova.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
