Baronova, Irina

Baronova, Irina
▪ 2009

      Russian-born ballerina

born March 13, 1919, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia

died June 28, 2008, Byron Bay, N.S.W., Australia
was the youngest and most graceful of the “baby ballerinas,” a trio of teenage dancers who in the 1930s captured public attention and attracted audiences to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Baronova, remembered by many for her golden locks and delicate features, conveyed elegance and energy on stage. In 1920 her family fled from the Russian Revolution, living first in Romania before moving (1928) to Paris so that she could study dance under former prima ballerina Olga Preobrajenska. George Balanchine saw Baronova dance at the Paris Opéra and cast her in his staging of Orpheus in the Underworld (1931), for which she received sensational reviews. The following year he invited her to join the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and during her 15-year career, she toured worldwide with that company and Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre). Baronova danced in a wide variety of ballets, including Les Présages (in a role she originated in 1933) and the 1941 premiere of Bluebeard. She also appeared in several films, including the 2005 documentary Ballets Russes. Baronova retired from dancing in 1946 and eventually settled in Australia. Her memoirs, Irina: Ballet, Life and Loves, were published in 2005.

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