Youskevitch
Americannoun
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She performed in works by renowned choreographers including George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Michel Fokine and Agnes de Mille, and her longtime onstage partnership with the late Igor Youskevitch was such a successful match that the pair earned favorable comparisons to ballet legends Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
From Washington Post
Youskevitch, her partner, became an expert at dancing with her, making sure he was always in the exact correct position relative to Ms. Alonso so she would not have to rely on sight to dance with him.
From Washington Post
When she danced with the renowned Igor Youskevitch, audiences cheered one of the great partnerships of 20th-century ballet.
From New York Times
Her interests in Cuba remained central to her even after she returned to New York with the revival of Ballet Theater and again after she left it in 1955, with Youskevitch, to join the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
From New York Times
George Balanchine created “Theme and Variations,” one of his most brilliant abstractions, for her and Youskevitch in 1947.
From New York Times
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