America's first major prima ballerina worked for which ballet company?
Nicholas Magallanes Nicholas Magallanes (1922–1977) was a first-generation principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Along with Jerome Robbins, Francisco Moncion and Maria Tallchief, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet (formerly "Ballet Society") in 1948. Magallanes created the title rôle in Balanchine's "Orpheus" to music by Stravinsky, the ballet that marked the debut of the new company.
Liudmila Titova (ballerina) Liudmila Titova (Russian: Людмила Титова ) is a principal prima ballet dancer.