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ansanelli sleeping beauty , april 29 , 2008 as aurora in the royal ballet production of laurel hollow , new york new ballet -lrb- 2006-2009 -rrb- york city ballet -lrb- 1996-2005 -rrb- the royal alexandra_ansanelli_aurora_sleeping_beauty_royal_ballet . jpg alexandra ansanelli
 alexandra ansanelli principal dancer
alexandra ansanelli

alexandra noel ansanelli is an american ballet dancer .
she was born in manhassett , long island .
her mother , linda ansanelli , is the daughter of the late jack and esther young .
jack young , stage name ray royce , was a vaudevillian child star and later became the headliner for ted lewis and eddie cantor .
alexandra 's grandfather jack , was a descendent of sir walter raleigh 's .
alexandra 's grandmother esther , was from the miller family , grew up in valley stream , long island .
as a child , linda was spotted and called to audition for the new broadway show `` gypsy '' produced by david merrick and leland hayward .
linda auditioned for jerome robbins and was chosen for the role of baby june .
`` grandpa jack '' did not want linda to be in show business and declined to let her go .
ironically many years later , her daughter alexandra , was the last muse of jerome robbins before he died , and was the leading role as `` the bride '' in his final staging , `` les noces '' .
alexandra 's father vincent ansanelli , jr. .
m.d. , is the son of italian immigrants , and grew up in the bronx , n.y. alexandra 's great grandmother was an attorney on ellis island for the italian immigrants , and alexandra 's great uncle , frank ansanelli m.d. , was a professor of neurology at columbia presbyterian hospital .
alexandra 's father is a pioneer of laser breast cancer surgery .
alexandra is the youngest of three daughters .
