the troupe toured several German venues, but in March 1925, Smirnova was ill. She required a major operation from which her recovery was uncertain. In the fall of 1925, Romanov began rehearsing Sergei Prokofiev's Trapeze, which debuted in Gotha on 6 November 1925 and then was performed in Hanover and Turin, before the company folded in 1926. Leaving Berlin, Smirnova and Romanov briefly lived in Milan, where Romanov worked at La Scala and then served as the ballet master for Anna Pavlova's ballet company. Argentinian career In 1928, the couple immigrated to Argentina along with Obukhov, because Romanov had been hired as the head choreographer for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Despite her slow recovery and continuing illness, Smirnova made her last appearance on the stage at the Teatro Colón that same year. She then became the theater's dance instructor, before being hired as the first professor of dance for the National Conservatory of Music and Recitation (). Besides her work at the Conservatory, Smirnova taught private lessons at the Teatro Odeón and at her private studio, which was located at 500 Tucumán Street. Among her students were: Esmee Bulnes, , Maruja Pibernat, Mercedes Quintana, and María Ruanova. Death and legacy Smirnova died on 15 January 1934 in Buenos Aires and was buried in the pantheon of actors of the Chacarita Cemetery. A dance prize given in her name is awarded annually by the National School of Dance of Uruguay. Notes References Citations Bibliography and 1888 births 1934 deaths Mariinsky Ballet dancers Ballerinas from the Russian Empire Choreographers from the Russian Empire Dance teachers Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery White Russian emigrants to Germany