Word: mejia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rarities, a classical dancer with a chorus girl's legs. She was also Director George Balanchine's special protegee, rumored to follow Tamara Geva, Vera Zorina, Maria Tallchief and Tanaquil Le Clereq as the fifth Mrs. B. Then suddenly she married a fellow company member, Paul Mejia, 27, and, in the face of Balanchine's obvious displeasure, went into exile with the Maurice Bejart company in Brussels. However, three months ago, Balanchine, 70, was professionally spurned by her most dazzling successor, Gelsey Kirkland, 21, who went to dance with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the American Ballet Theater...