Allegra Kent [own] parents. She borrowed a neighbor's working papers and took a job at twelve. By fourteen, she was teaching ballroom dancing at night in someone's private home, mostly to Japanese men". Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before joining the School of American Ballet. She discovered music and dance at the age of 7 and enjoyed both, but she was 11 before she took her first ballet lesson. She had completely flat feet as a little girl and consulted a doctor, who prescribed wedges in her shoes to give her arches. She then began
MS Costa Allegra Thailand and Indonesia. In 2010, the ship was relocated back to Europe, and her Asian itineraries were replaced by "Costa Classica" and "Costa Romantica". In an agreement with TMR of Marseilles, "Costa Cruises", who had owned the Paquet Cruises brand since 1996, used "Costa Allegra", marketed in France under the name "Allegra" and the Paquet Cruises brand, for four spring cruises and seven cruises in autumn of 2010. For these cruises, "Costa Allegra" featured a French master, cruise director, maitres ‘d, receptionists and two French chefs, one of whom, Jean Abauzit, served on board the renowned Mermoz, retired a decade