#TBT Video: Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin

November 28, 2001

From the late 1930s through the ’50s, leggy, vivacious Alexandra Danilova and versatile, magnetic Freddie Franklin had a great partnership at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where Léonide Massine’s comedic Gaîté Parisienne was one of their signature ballets. (American Ballet Theatre is reviving the ballet this spring.) Here they are in a rare recording of the ballet’s “Waltz Duet for the Baron and Glove Seller.” Happy #ThrowbackThursday!