Thank you for posting, Fraildove. Lucky for the ballet world to have had him around for so long. Last year Danton talked about "The Sleeping Beauty" and the war years for this piece in The Daily Telegraph:
A review of New York City Ballet by Mary Cargill for danceviewtimes.
Marina Harss' review for Fjord Review.
Harss reviews NYCB, again for Fjord Review.
Thanks, Buddy. I've always liked Cousins' commentating when I've had occasion to hear it. Unfortunately, as others have already noted, the assumption for Valieva among those closest to her was probably that in Olympic gold terms she is one-and-done.