Word: baronova
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...Russian ballerina Irina Baronova had already won critics' hearts, thanks to famed choreographer George Balanchine. He launched the young dancer's career when he cast her in a 1931 performance of the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld. Baronova went on to perform in ballets such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, but she is best known for touring the world with two other young Balanchine protégés. The trio, known as the "Baby Ballerinas," was hugely popular in the 1930s. Baronova...