This was taken when my Uncle Alpheus Cary Koon, Jr. was with the Ballet Theatre (later and now American Ballet Theatre).This was taken during the performance of "Romeo and Juliet" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City circa 1944.This is the same position as that also on this site with Dame Alicia Markova. Ballerinas take turns with the same parts.This is an original photograph given to me by my grandmother, Jennie Carlyle Powes Koon, and she is the mother of Alpheus Cary Koon, Jr.He partnered many other very famous ballerinas such as: Alicia Alonso, Nora Kaye and Rosella Hightower!What a great gift!Grandmamma, Love, Wiley, Jr. |