Her grandfather was a general in command of Tsar Nicholas II’s guards and her grandmother was a lady-in-waiting to the Czar’s mother, Maria Feodorovna.
[3] After leaving Constantinople, the family stopped briefly in Venice, and traveled further first settling in Denmark.
[3] In 1935, at the age of 17, she was noticed by the impresario René Blum and became part of the “Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo” directed by Michael Fokine.
Based on Agrippina Vaganova’s syllabus with heavy influence of French school, the program is now used by dance teachers in several countries.
[8] In 1971 Besobrasova staged Rudolf Nureyev’s Paquita for the American Ballet Theatre in New York City.
[3] In 1974, Prince Rainier granted Besobrasova a villa Casa Mia in Monte Carlo, in which her dance academy was housed since then.