Throwback Thursday and Paul Petroff
Born Paul Elif Wilhelm Pederson in
Elsinore, Denmark, Paul Petroff studied dance in Copenhagen with Kate Lindhart.
In 1930 he made his professional debut, and in 1931 performed with the Folies-Bergère
in Paris.
From 1932 to 1934 he was premier danseur
of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe. In the 1940s
he danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet America and the International Ballet. He
became known for his excellent partnering and was much in demand by many
ballerinas.
The strange part of Petroff’s life is
described in the website Andros on Ballet http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/petroff_paul/index.html as follows:
“…he was knifed in the lobby of his hotel here in
New York City. Sol Hurok kept the incident out of the press and the assailant
was never found. According to Frederic Franklin, Petroff used the knifing attack as a bargaining chip during
contract negotiations; he would not let the press know the details if he got
the roles, terms and salary he wanted.”
Paul Petroff died of a heart attack on
April 27, 1981 in Antwerp, Belgium, where he and his wife, Nana Gollner, had a
ballet school.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
“Dancer Paul
Petroff was attacked in the lobby of a hotel in NYC.”
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