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 Allegra"'s planned voyages from 18 March to 1 July. Following on 9 March 2012, it was announced that the "Costa Allegra" would not return to service with Costa and given to Themis Maritime Ltd ship company as Santa Cruise for scrapping at Aliaga, Turkey. Her story was a part of a feature on the scrapping operations of Aliaga in the January/February issue of "Cruise Travel Magazine". The eight decks on "Costa Allegra" were named after famous impressionist painters. A three deck high glass atrium was the centre of the ship. Works of art could be found throughout the ship. MS