In 1930, Von Grona arranged the dance, "Mechanical Ballet," for the Broadway musical, Fine and Dandy.
Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times said, "the most stunning dance number is a mechanical ballet, which is quite the most vivid of its kind.
"[4] It was in 1934 that von Grona and his wife (billed as Leni Bouvier) appeared as themselves in a film short for Vitaphone, whose studios were located in Brooklyn, New York.
"Since von Grona's career was focused on the stage and recital hall, it is fortunate that this film exists of him and his wife.
[citation needed] Thanks to Von Grona's artistic motivation many other choreographers followed in his footsteps by bringing black Americans to the stage.
[9] Firebird, one of Eugene Von Grona's most famous works, was performed in 1937 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem by the First American Negro Ballet.