Daria Klimentova

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"Daria Klimentova has been one of Britain's best-loved ballerinas for two decades, having danced at Scottish Ballet and then - since 1996 - as prima ballerina at English National Ballet... Born in the former Czechoslovakia... [she] initially trained as a young member of the Czech Olympic Gymnastics Squad before transferring to ballet. After three years as a principal dancer in the Czech National Ballet, she moved to dance with the Cape Ballet Company in South Africa... In her forties, at an age when most ballerinas have retired, Daria continues to captivate audiences with her impeccable technique and free flowing natural grandeur. In the twilight of her career, Daria has forged a remarkable partnership with the young Russian Principal, Vadim Muntagirov, which critics have likened to the Fonteyn/Nureyev dynamic." -- Book jacket.