Stasia Ledova
Stasia Ledowa
Alisa Stasia Ledova
Eleanor Alkens / Eleanore Aikins Lipscomb
“Stasia Ledowa, premiere danseuse of the Chicago Opera Company, danced "The Day of a Butterfly." Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson was Chairman of the Patroness...”
© Aerial age, 1922
“Miss Violet Hamilton, Peter Aitken, Alisa Stasia Ledova”
© NY Times, 21 December 1927
Eleanore Aikins Lipscomb, 76, a popular ballet dancer.
WASHINGTON
Eleanore Aikins Lipscomb, 76, a popular ballet dancer in the United States and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s who performed under the name of Ledova, died Saturday. Born in Kansas City, Mo., she joined the ballet corps of the Chicago Opera at 17 and later performed in Europe. In the early 1930s, she became prima ballerina of the San Carlo Opera, a professional touring company. She retired shortly before World War II after appearing with her own company.
© Orlando Sentinel, 25 September 1985
“A former teacher of Margaret Fisher, Stasia Ledova (Eleanor Alkens), came to Kansas City for a major ballet appearance.”
© “Lelia: the compleat ballerina” by Harold George Scott. 1975
