September 24: Today in Dance

Born Today: Svetlana Beriosova

Ballerina Svetlana Beriosova (1932–1998) danced with the Royal Ballet for over 20 years and was instrumental in the career development of dance partner Donald MacLeary (1937-). Beriosova came from a ballet family — she was the daughter of ballet master Nicolas Beriosoff (1906–1996), who danced with Leonid Massine’s Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in the 1930s. After her family…