Dania Krupska

Dania Krupska (August 13, 1921 – August 27, 2011) was an American dancer and choreographer. Krupska was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1921 to Polish immigrants, Bronisław and Anna Krupska. Anna, a concert pianist who had studied ballet but never made it as a ballerina pushed her daughter to train as a dancer. Dania studied ballet and began her professional career in the 1930s in such companies as the Philadelphia Ballet. She made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Agnes de Mille's Oklahoma! (1943), later taking over the role of Dream Laurey (which she also performed on tour). She quickly became one of de Mille's regular assistant choreographers, working on Allegro (1947), Gent…