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Word: pierina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stepsisters starts his lesson with the opening phrase of Balanchine's Theme and Variations. The girls are played by male dancers (Johan Renvall and Thomas Titone) performing, Tchikaboumskaya-style, on pointe. In the ballroom scene, Renvall even tosses off some free-swinging fouettes, a bow to the legendary Pierina Legnani, who stunned St. Petersburg in 1893 by doing 32 fouettés in Cinderella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Cinderella Goes Modern | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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