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Ballerina Karen Kain has agreed to be actor Ross Petty's partner for life-off-stage
Ballerina Karen Kain has agreed to be actor Ross Petty's partner for life-off-stage

Ballerina Karen Kain has agreed to be actor Ross Petty's partner for life-off-stage

Date12/3/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: May I have this dance? Ballerina Karen Kain has agreed to be actor Ross Petty's partner for life-off-stage-and the couple couldn't be more delighted about it. But they're surprised, too, Kain says: We didn't expect to be doing this.
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At left, ballet luminaries Hazaros Surmeyan and Karen Kain with her husband, Ross Petty
At left, ballet luminaries Hazaros Surmeyan and Karen Kain with her husband, Ross Petty
8/4/1984
Karen Kain and Ross Petty
Karen Kain and Ross Petty
8/8/1995
Getting to know you Popular ballerina Karen Kain gets to know Hobo, star of TV's The Littlest Hobo, on steps of the National Ballet School on Maitland(...)
Getting to know you Popular ballerina Karen Kain gets to know Hobo, star of TV's The Littlest Hobo, on steps of the National Ballet School on Maitland(...)
9/2/1981
Kain's out. Ballerina Karen Kain has been taken ill and will be unable to appear as scheduled in Romeo and Juliet when the National Ballet opens spring season Thursday at O'Keefe Centre
Kain's out. Ballerina Karen Kain has been taken ill and will be unable to appear as scheduled in Romeo and Juliet when the National Ballet opens spring season Thursday at O'Keefe Centre
1/5/1977
Ballerina honored. Mississauga's Karen Kain, 22, a member of the National Ballet of Canada, has been given one of the town's lapel pins for outstandin(...)
Ballerina honored. Mississauga's Karen Kain, 22, a member of the National Ballet of Canada, has been given one of the town's lapel pins for outstandin(...)
11/27/1972
Simple style: Ballerina Karen Kain, left with date Bob Ramsay, wears Wayne Clark blouse and pants with tapestry bag, strappy sandals
Simple style: Ballerina Karen Kain, left with date Bob Ramsay, wears Wayne Clark blouse and pants with tapestry bag, strappy sandals
6/16/1981
Ballerina boxed in. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain tries out a prop box or bed used in The Soldier's Tale, a ballet by Stravinsky that wi(...)
Ballerina boxed in. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain tries out a prop box or bed used in The Soldier's Tale, a ballet by Stravinsky that wi(...)
7/28/1986
Ballerina Karen Kain. Overwhelmed by her sudden promotion
Ballerina Karen Kain. Overwhelmed by her sudden promotion
4/7/1971
Karen Kain. Ballerina
Karen Kain. Ballerina
11/1/1972
Veronica Tennant, Peter Schaufuss make an appreciative (if relaxed) audience for the pas de deux by Karen Kain and partner
Veronica Tennant, Peter Schaufuss make an appreciative (if relaxed) audience for the pas de deux by Karen Kain and partner
2/2/1978
Fed up: Patrick Bissell, in town to partner Karen Kain in Swan Lake, says he's fed up with going over the details of the exploits that earned him his reputation for being wild
Fed up: Patrick Bissell, in town to partner Karen Kain in Swan Lake, says he's fed up with going over the details of the exploits that earned him his reputation for being wild
4/26/1983
Suiting up: Karen Kain is fitted for her costume for The National Ballet company's production of Don Quixote, which will take to the O'Keefe Centre stage next Wednesday
Suiting up: Karen Kain is fitted for her costume for The National Ballet company's production of Don Quixote, which will take to the O'Keefe Centre stage next Wednesday
11/2/1982