Allegra Kent McGowan and artistic director Barbara Zinn Krieger. The adaptation received positive reviews by "The New York Times", "Time Out New York Kids", and others. Due to its success, in December 2015, New York City Children's Theater produced a revival of "Ballerina Swan." Kent currently teaches ballet at Barnard College. Notes Bibliography Allegra Kent Allegra Kent (born August 11, 1937) is an American ballet dancer, actress, children's book author and columnist. Iris Margo Cohen was born to Jewish parents, Harry Herschel and Shirley (née Weissman) Cohen, and later changed her name to Allegra Kent. Kent grew up in what she later
Gabriele Allegra the first time. He attempted to return to Hunan again, but the Second Sino-Japanese War had already started and he was forced to go further north to Beijing instead. This had an unfortunate side-effect in that during his trip through the Japanese-occupied territories, he lost more than half of the translated text during the war events. Because Allegra was an Italian citizen, and the chaplain to the Italian Embassy, the Japanese occupiers of China did not intern him for long, and he could continue his translation work. As of 1942, he became actively involved in assisting other missionaries to survive