The role created a sensation and launched her to the top of the ballet world, granting her the prima ballerina title.
To be recognised as a "prima ballerina assoluta" is a rare honour, traditionally reserved only for the most exceptional dancers of their generation.
Such a style in many ways harked back to the time of the romantic ballet and the great ballerinas of old.
She is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the ballerinas' choirs with her music.
The ballerina's tune is assigned to a trumpet in the 1947 version instead of a cornet as in the original.
The 12 vinyl's artwork was also different and featured a close up view of a ballerina sitting and holding a teddy bear on the ground.
Ballerinas began to wear costumes with pastel, flowing skirts that bared the shins.
And who is to say whether the vote of a ballerina will equal that of a television interviewer and what the balance of forces will be within that?
