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Life Story: Valentina Kozlova (1957– )

Dancer and Cold War Defector

The story of a Soviet ballet dancer defected to the United States during the Cold War.

Valentina Kozlova

Kenn Duncan, “Valentina Kozlova,” 1979. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. “Valentina Kozlova” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23ce2060-c623-012f-f996-58d385a7bc34

Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov in “The Nutcracker”

Martha Swope, Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov, in a New York City Ballet production of “The Nutcracker” (New York), 1988. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. “Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov, in a New York City Ballet production of “The Nutcracker” (New York)” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/374155d0-b13b-0131-0432-58d385a7bbd0