Pagava, Ethery (1932–)
Pagava, Ethery (1932–)
French ballet dancer. Born Nov 13, 1932, in Paris, France; trained with Lyubov Egorova.
Appeared with Ballets de la Jeunesse (1937); danced in Roland Petit's Ballets des Champs-Elysées, creating roles in his Les Forains (1945), Les Amours de Jupiter (1946), and Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (c. 1947); danced with Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas (1950s), where she was highly acclaimed for performances in Balanchine's La Somnambule, Lifar's Noir et Blanc, Massine's Le Beau Danube, and others; performed mainly as a guest artist (1960s), dancing with companies in Europe.
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