Allegra Kent taking ballet. After graduating, she joined the New York City Ballet in 1953 at the age of 15, and was promoted to principal in 1957. Many roles in George Balanchine's ballets were created for her, including "Seven Deadly Sins", "Ivesiana" and "Bugaku". She danced the role of Dewdrop in the 1958 Playhouse 90 telecast of Balanchine's version of "The Nutcracker". She performed in such ballets as "Serenade", "Agon" and "Dances at a Gathering". She retired in 1981, becoming a ballet teacher, and in 1997 published an autobiography, "Once a Dancer". In 2012, Kent published her first book for children, "Ballerina
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine Valentina Allegra de Fontaine La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine is a fictional espionage agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Jim Steranko, she first appeared in the "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature in "Strange Tales" #159 (August 1967). The Contessa appeared prominently throughout creator Jim Steranko's run of the "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature that ran through "Strange Tales" #168 (May 1968) and in the same-name comic-book series that began the following month. An agent who literally threw S.H.I.E.L.D. chief Nick Fury for a loop upon their initial meeting, she