Algeranova, Claudie (1924–)
Algeranova, Claudie (1924–)
English ballet dancer. Name variations: Claudie Leonard. Born April 24, 1924, in Paris, France; m. Harcourt Algeranoff, 1945 (div. 1959).
As Claudie Leonard, performed with Mona Ingelsby's International Ballet in Gaité Parisienne, Coppélia and For Love or Money; immigrated to Australia with husband to dance with the Borovansky Ballet (1953) and soon began work with Australian Children's Theater; returned to Europe (late 1950s), where she performed and taught in opera ballets of Lucerne, Switzerland and Graz, Austria; worked as master of Bavarian state opera in Munich, Germany.
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