About Ilyana Karthas Ilyana Karthas is associate professor of history and affiliate faculty of women’s and gender studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Books by Ilyana Karthas When Ballet Became French Modern Ballet and the Cultural Politics of France, 1909-1939 by (author) Ilyana Karthas When Ballet Became French Modern Ballet and the Cultural Politics of France, 1909-1958 by (author) Ilyana Karthas