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Oct. 07, 1956 - 7-10-56 Ulanova as Juliet Galina Ulanova, famed 47 year old prima ballerina of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Company, seen in her dressing room at Covent Garden. She wears the costume for her role as Juliet in Prokofiev ballet Romeo and Juliet. Ulanova is the leading ballerina of the Bolshoi Company, which had left Russia for the first time in 200 years since its foundation. The Darling of the Russian public promises to become equally popular in London. Fans queued 24 hours to buy standing room only tickets to see her dance. This is the first time Ulanova has been photo graphed in costume since she arrived in Britain on October 1st with Bolshoi Company

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13178684
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46914204
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3758px x 5133px (843KB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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