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Nina arrived in New York in 1947 – a slight girl whose tragic dark eyes held the only hint of the heartbreak she had been through. She set about learning to speaking English and took intensive ballet lessons to retrain her still-frail body . She applied for a position in the corps de ballet of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1948 , and was accepted . She worked hard , determined to rise to the top . Four years later , she had made the grade –she was the top-ranking ballerina with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Translation The bitter war had brought Nina heartbreak and