Ulanova
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Now watch this Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya in a 1953 film of The Fountain of Bakhchisarai.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2010
As Romeo and Juliet does with Ulanova, Ondine moves only with Fonteyn.
From Time Magazine Archive
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