▁their ▁strong ▁Soviet - develop ed ▁technique , ▁but ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Her ald ▁Trib une ▁noted ▁that ▁" C ertain ly , ▁the ▁acc ent ▁is ▁upon ▁virt u os ity , ▁occasionally ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁what ▁we ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁regard ▁as ▁good ▁bal let ic ▁line " ▁in ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁first ▁stage ▁performance ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁K ov ach ▁and ▁Rab ov sky ▁appeared ▁with ▁bal let ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁covering ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Europe , ▁Japan ▁and ▁Latin ▁America . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁K ov ach ▁and ▁Rab ov sky ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁passengers ▁res cu ed ▁from ▁Italian ▁ocean ▁l iner ▁SS ▁Andrea ▁D oria ▁after ▁its ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁collision ▁with ▁the ▁MS ▁Stockholm ▁off ▁of ▁N ant uck et , ▁Massachusetts . ▁The ▁two ▁appeared ▁on ▁The ▁Ed ▁S ull ivan ▁Show ▁multiple ▁times ▁after ▁their ▁rescue . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁their ▁defe ction , ▁the ▁two ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁their ▁one ▁time ▁cost ume ▁designer ▁from ▁the ▁Budapest ▁Opera ▁House ▁Mag da ▁Ros enberg ▁n ée ▁Mark ow icz . ▁ ▁They ▁started ▁their ▁own ▁tr oupe ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁called ▁Bi h ari . ▁K ov ach ▁opened ▁a ▁bal let ▁school ▁in ▁P lain view , ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁K ov ach ▁divor ced ▁Rab