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Photo by Pamela Rankin - Smith - Cynthia Gregory, 1984: Signed Photo Portrait. B/W photo of Cynthia Gregory, 1984 by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Cynthia Gregory, 1984. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Please refer to images for the best determination of the condition. American prima ballerina: Gregory was the recipient of the 1975 Dance Magazine Award, honoring her dedication to, and enrichment of, the art of dance. In 1978 she received the Harkness Ballet’s first annual Dance Award. She is the only two-time recipient of annual awards from Dance Educators of America (1981 and 1988). In 1988, the now-defunct magazine New York Woman gave Gregory its first “Showstopper of the Year” award. The New York Public Library designated her a “Lion of the Performing Arts” in 1989. She received the lifetime-achievement Certificate of Merit from the National Arts Club in 1991. Hofstra University awarded Gregory an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 1993, and she received an honorary doctorate from State University of New York–Purchase College in 1995.