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Did you know... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano(pictured) danced the first encore in the American Ballet Theatre's history?
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@Cielquiparle: To answer your question in the edit history, "principal dancer" is Serrano's formal title at ABT. The term "prima ballerina" basically means a woman who has reached the rank of principal dancer. Corachow (talk) 22:24, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that during the first tour to Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano(pictured) danced the first encore in American Ballet Theatre's history? Source: [1]
ALT1: ... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, ballerina Lupe Serrano(pictured) received twelve curtain calls in Moscow? Source: [2]
ALT3: ... that ballerina Lupe Serrano(pictured) formed a celebrated but brief partnership with Rudolf Nureyev after his defection to the West? Source: [3]
ALT4: ... that when the American Ballet Theatre toured the Soviet Union, ballerina Lupe Serrano(pictured) was said to have "captured Moscow"? Source: [4]
ALT4a: ... that in 1960, Chilean-born ballerina Lupe Serrano(pictured) was said to have "captured Moscow"?
Comment: Article was listed on Recent Deaths on 22 January, and was *not* a "featured news item" as indicated on the article Talk page, which means it is still eligible for DYK.
Created 19 January; nom 25 Jan - new enough; 9804 char - long enough; neutral; cited; no apparent copyvios. Fabulous photo! Licensing appears to confirm no copyright marks on images. As an extra precaution, checking copyright volumes for Artwork volume 1 and 2 shows no listing for photographer Maurice Seymour, or American Ballet Theatre or Ballet Theatre Foundation. QPQ done. Each proposed hook is under the maximum. All are stated in the article and cited in-line immediately following the claim. Source links in the article were verified and confirm the statements. IMO, the most interesting hooks are 0 and 1. Confirmed ITN was not a feature here. GTG SusunW (talk) 16:19, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Created 19 January; nom 25 Jan - new enough; 9804 char - long enough; neutral; cited; no apparent copyvios. Fabulous photo! Licensing appears to confirm no copyright marks on images. As an extra precaution, checking copyright volumes for Artwork volume 1 and 2 shows no listing for photographer Maurice Seymour, or American Ballet Theatre or Ballet Theatre Foundation. QPQ done. Each proposed hook is under the maximum. All are stated in the article and cited in-line immediately following the claim. Source links in the article were verified and confirm the statements. IMO, the most interesting hooks are 0 and 1. Confirmed ITN was not a feature here. GTG SusunW (talk) 16:19, 2 February 2023 (UTC)