Read more Kyra Nichols stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3461/kyra-nichols.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 20:19:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.htmlM. Morris<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=8863&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034503' border='0' />Two of the dance world's biggest names took their leave this weekend as Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols sashayed into retirement in touchingly similar fashion—onstage with their young children in a hail of cheers and flowers. Nichols, 48, bowed out after 33 years with New York City Ballet; Ferri,...In this image made available by Paul Kolnik, Kyra Nichols acknowledges the audience during her farewell performance in New York on Friday, June 22, 2007. Nichols and Alessandra Ferri, beloved ballerinas with more than a half-century of performing between them, are as different in style and temperament as they come. But they were linked forever by a quirk of circumstancehttp://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.htmlSun, 24 Jun 2007 15:16:56 CDT