Calzada, Alba (1945–)
Calzada, Alba (1945–)
Puerto Rican-American ballet dancer. Born Jan 28, 1945, in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Studied at American Ballet Center and American Ballet Theater School in New York City; danced featured and principal roles for Ballet San Juan in Puerto Rico, including in Les Sylphides, Giselle, Swan Lake and Coppélia (mid-1960s); joined Pennsylvania Ballet (1968) where she danced numerous Balanchine solos in repertory including Scotch Symphony Serenade, Four Temperaments and Symphony in C.; performed in revivals of Antony Tudor's Jardin aux Luxembourg, and Benjamin Harkavay's Madrigalesco and Time Past Summer.
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