Word: markova
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After 42 years on the boards. England's first prima ballerina, Alicia Markova (nee Lilian Marks), 52, ever so casually announced that she was turning in her tutu to teach. Boarding a New York-bound jet at London Airport, the Dresden-fragile dancer, who has been plagued with illness since a tonsillectomy last February, told reporters simply: "My New Year's resolution is to give up active dancing...