André Prokovsky

Despite his stocky physique, he had developed great technical control in his dancing and was capable of performing multiple pirouettes and high, soaring leaps.

His astonishing virtuosity in the original cast of Anton Dolin's Variations for Four in 1957 and in Harald Lander's Études in 1958 won him promotion to principal dancer.

In 1960, Prokovsky left London to return to Paris, where he joined Le Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas as principal dancer in a new production of The Sleeping Beauty.

[2] Throughout the early 1960s, Prokovsky also had many engagements as an international guest artist with ballet companies in Stuttgart, Rome, Belgrade, Zagreb, Zurich, Munich, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and other cities.

A small troupe of only fourteen dancers, it toured Britain, Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States with a repertory including Prokovsky's first choreographic works.

The company, which typically received favorable reviews,[5] flourished for several years[6] but was forced to disband when it encountered dire financial problems in 1977.