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...that he loses to that Olga Markova babe, "a third says, following the tactless comment with an appropriate post-sensitive male taunt: "Neil's gonna lose to a girl, Neil's gonna lose to a girl, Neil's gonna lose to a girl...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: The Marathon Man | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 11, 1963 | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

...honors list, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II tapped some 2,200 subjects of the British Commonwealth for tribute. Elevated to the baronage, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, former governor of strife-torn Cyprus. As Commander Order of the British Empire, London-born (as Alice Marks) Prima Ballerina Alicia Markova, 47, long renowned for her Giselle; to the knighthood, Author-Biologist Julian Huxley, onetime director-general of UNESCO. The world featherweight boxing champion, Nigeria's Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, 25, learned that he had flailed his way to another laurel-Member of the Order of the British Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 13, 1958 | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

Before World War II, only about 300 girls in Manila studied ballet, but during the postwar years, the visits of topnotch foreign dancers-Alicia Markova, Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin et al.-have upped enrollment in ballet schools to approximately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Marilyke Look | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

...hand last week to dance the part of Hagar's beloved. ¶ Lucia Chase, late-fortyish, Ballet Theater's longtime wealthy angel and firm guiding hand, was on her toes again in a ceremonial appearance as Hagar's spinsterish elder sister. ¶ Guest Ballerina Alicia Markova, 44, who has been a star ever since the days when a ballerina without a Russian name was no ballerina at all (she was born Alicia Marks, in London). A veteran of Sadler's Wells and of Ballet Theater itself, Ballerina Markova floated through such romantic favorites as Les Sylphides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lively Museum | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

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