Allegra Kent
Ballet Dancer, Author
1937 –
Who is Allegra Kent?
Allegra Kent is an American ballet dancer and actress.
Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before joining the School of American Ballet. After graduating, she joined the New York City Ballet in 1953 at the age of 15, and was promoted to principal in 1957. Many roles in George Balanchine's ballets were created for her, including Seven Deadly Sins, Ivesiana and Bugaku. She danced the role of Dewdrop in the 1958 Playhouse 90 telecast of Balanchine's version of The Nutcracker.
She performed in such ballets as Serenade, Agon and Dances at a Gathering. She retired in 1981, becoming a ballet teacher, and in 1997 published an autobiography, Once a Dancer. In 2012, Kent published her first book for children, Ballerina Swan, with Holiday House Books for Young People, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully. It has received rave reviews from The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal. Allegra currently teaches ballet at Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University in the City of New York.
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1937
Santa Monica - Also known as
- Iris Margo Cohen
- Spouses
- Aram Avakian
- Bert Stern
(1959 - 1975)
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- School of American Ballet
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on July 23, 2013
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