NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA. No one who has seen
Heliazpopkin will soon forget the spiritual athleticism of
Nadia Doumiafeyva, a child of Caucasus who changed
her name for show business reasons. Her fiery attack,
combined with lyric somnolence, produces confusion in
audiences the world over, particularly when applied to
ballet.
LARISKA DUMBCHENKO. Before defecting to the West,
Lariska’s supreme agility aroused the interest of the
Russian space program, and in 1962 she became the
first ballerina to be shot into orbit. Hurtling through the
stratosphere, she delivered handy make-up tips to an
assembled crowd of celebrities back on earth, including
the now legendary “Whitney Houston, we have a
problem....”
NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA’S frail spiritual qualities have
caused this elfin charmer to be likened to a lemon
soufflé, poised delicately on the brink of total collapse.
Her adorably over-stretched tendons exude a childlike
sweetness that belies her actual age.
HELEN HIGHWATERS has defected to America three
times and been promptly returned on each occasion --
for "artistic reasons." Recently discovered "en omelette"
at the Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, D.C., she was
hired by the Trockadero, where her inexplicable rise to
stardom answers the musical question: Who put the
bop in the bop-shibop shibop?
NINA IMMOBILASHVILI has, for more years than she
cares to admit, been the Great Terror of the
international ballet world. The omniscient and
ubiquitous Immobilashvili is reputed to have extensive
dossiers on every major dance figure, living and/or
dead. This amazing collection has assured her entree
into the loftiest choreographic circles; the roles she has
thus been able to create are too numerous to mention.
We are honored to present this grand dame in her
spectacular return to the ballet stage.
ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA, voted the girl most likely to, is
the living example that a common hard-working girl can
make it to the top. Our friendly ballerina was pounding
the pavement looking for work when Trockadero found
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