Violetta Elvin - the ballet dancer that took America by storm in 1953

 

To mnay ballet critics 26-year-old Violetta Elvin of England's Sadler's Wells company is not only a gifted dancer but also "the world's most beautiful ballerina."  Photographer Zoltan Glass created an amazing photoshoot with Violetta being the center of it. She spent more than 120 hours in his studio, leaping, spinning and balancing while the photographer placed different colored filters in front of his lights and made multiple exposures of the dancer. After the photoshoot ended she went on a 15 weeks American tour.