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Cookies-and-Cream Pavlova The story goes that Pavlova, a dessert which both Australia and New Zealand lay claim to, is named after the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed in both countries in the 1920s.
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Eric Kim, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy teams Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse as a fading movie star who joins a Broadway show much to the chagrin of a prima ballerina.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Ferri, 61, is an Olivier Award-winning performer and prima ballerina assoluta (an honor given to the most notable female dancers) who has been affiliated with such prestigious companies as the Royal Ballet, La Scala and the Hamburg Ballet.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
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Eric Kim, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy teams Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse as a fading movie star who joins a Broadway show much to the chagrin of a prima ballerina.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Ferri, 61, is an Olivier Award-winning performer and prima ballerina assoluta (an honor given to the most notable female dancers) who has been affiliated with such prestigious companies as the Royal Ballet, La Scala and the Hamburg Ballet.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
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“Prima ballerina.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prima%20ballerina. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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