Let her dance.’”She was short, her turnout was nonexistent and her feet needed a lot of work. She is firm about one thing: If her young self were to audition for the School of American Ballet today, she wouldn’t get in — much less into the company. And I think that was the main thing he respected about me. And I think he saw that I loved to dance.”Walczak was also a sharp observer. (With the dancer Una Kai, she wrote “Balanchine the Teacher,” a jewel of a book examining the fundamentals that shaped the company’s first generation.)

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Persons: ‘, ”, “ ‘ We’ve, wouldn’t, Mia Slavenska, Slavenska, “, ” Walczak, I’d, Una Kai, “ Balanchine, Suzanne Farrell’s Organizations: School of American Ballet, Ballet Russe, Carlo, Radio City Music Hall, Ballet Society Locations: Balanchine’s