Throwback Thursday and Teenie
Sherpetosky Powers
Born in Lithuania on May 7, 1894 to
Stephen and Barbara Sherpetosky, Antoinette went on to become a professional
ballet dancer. Her parents moved to Chicago sometime soon after her birth and
census records show her living there in 1910.
At age 21 she married James Peters and
they lived in Chicago for many years. Here Antoinette developed her skills as a
ballet dancer. She trained in the Pavley-Oukrainsky School of Dance, an
off-shoot of the Chicago Ballet. She went on to dance with the Imperial Ballet
of Moscow.
In 1963, the couple was visiting Chicago
and there was a tragic car accident in which Antoinette lost her life. She is
bured in a private mausoleum in Woodland Cemetery in Ironton, Ohio. But
witnesses say she is still dancing. Rumor has it that on nights when the moon
is full, at midnight, she can be seen dancing around her grave.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Factoid #138:
“Does ballerina Antoinette “Teenie” Peters haunt the
Woodland Cemetery in Ironnton, Ohio?”
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never be forgotten, but your face will be a history.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson
― Michael Bassey Johnson
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