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[Alexandra]

Nikiya, I don't think they were either too short or too fat, but the other young women who were pushed were taller and thinner.  I don't know their heights and weights.  They did not have the body line then in vogue (Susan Jaffe, Amanda McKerrow, etc.)

[Leigh Witchel]

As I recall, Carberry (also taken into ABT very young, I think at 14) was small and curvy.  I don't recall Nancy being short, and she didn't have a weight problem, but she wasn't small-boned.  Alexandra is right however in saying that neither of them had the stereotypical body being looked for at that time.

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[Natalia]

Yep, Pfmeja - Carberry won the silver medal, junior division, at the 1979 Jackson IBC.

Alessandra Ferri, in fact, won the Gold Medal at the 1980 Prix de Lausanne at the age of 17. She was already a two-year 'veteran' of the Royal Ballet School when she competed. Ferri did not lose to Raffa...they competed in different years. Raffa won gold in Lausanne in 1981, at age 15.  [That's the year when Washington Ballet's Amanda McKerrow won Gold at the Moscow IBC.  ]

[Natalia]

Yep, Pfmeja - Carberry won the silver medal, junior division, at the 1979 Jackson IBC.

Alessandra Ferri, in fact, won the Gold Medal at the 1980 Prix de Lausanne at the age of 17. She was already a two-year 'veteran' of the Royal Ballet School when she competed. Ferri did not lose to Raffa...they competed in different years. Raffa won gold in Lausanne in 1981, at age 15.  [That's the year when Washington Ballet's Amanda McKerrow won Gold at the Moscow IBC.  ]

[Nikiya]

What happened to Elaine Kudo???

[Nikiya]

What happened to Elaine Kudo???

[Natalia]

Thanks, T. I appreciate your pointing this out. I stand corrected!  

[Natalia]

Thanks, T. I appreciate your pointing this out. I stand corrected!  

[Natalia]

Thanks, T. I appreciate your pointing this out. I stand corrected!  

[Nikiya]

Thanks so much everybody for filling me in on those lost dancers! :-)

[Yvonne]

What ever happened to Starr Danias??

"The Little Ballet" (as mentioned above), is included on the Kulture video "Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra and more..."  It's still around and not hard to find.  You also get to see Elaine Kudo in "Sinatra Suite" and "Push Comes to Shove"!

[Nikiya]

I remember Starr from the Turning Point but was she in a company? She isn't shown dancing in that movie.

[liebs]

Danias was a member of the Joffrey Ballet either at the time of Turning Point or shortly before it was made.  I remember her performances with great pleasure, she was one of the more classical dancers in the company. She was also a very lovely looking woman.

[Manhattnik]

Speaking of the Joffrey (and ABT), what about Rebecca Wright? I remember her fondly, and wonder what she's up to these days.

[Victoria Leigh]

She is teaching, and runs ABT's Summer Intensive program.