Mia Slavenska(1916-2002)
- Actress
American ballerina of Yugoslavian extraction who appeared rarely on
film. A dancer since the age of five, she became the prima ballerina
with the Zagreb Opera. After appearing in Jean Benoit-Levy's film
La mort du cygne (1937) and promoting it in the U.S., she remained there as a teacher
and dancer. She formed the Slavenksa Ballette Variante and, later, the
Theatre Ballette. In 1954, she became the prima ballerina of the
Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
