She often danced with Mikhail Mordkin,[1] and was known for such roles as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Odette/Odille in Swan Lake.

[3] She left Russia in 1921 and danced for about ten more years in Western Europe, then taught, while living in France.

[5] In 1946 Balashova was credited as choreographer on a production of La fille mal gardée in London.

[6] Russian artist Filipp Malyavin painted her portrait in 1924, when they were both living in Paris.

They left Russia in 1921, taking a residence in Isadora Duncan's former apartment in Paris.