Dancers
Darcey
Bussell
British ballerina, principal with the Royal Ballet.
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and gallery
Alina
Cojocaru
Principal with the Royal Ballet and American
Ballet Theatre.
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and gallery
Isadora
Duncan
American dancer, who laid the groundwork for the modern dance
movement.
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Suzanne
Farrell
American ballerina, closely associated with George Balanchine
and New York City Ballet.
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and gallery
Alessandra
Ferri
Italian-born ballerina, primarily associated with MacMillan's
repertoire.
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Margot
Fonteyn
The most famous ballerina of the second half of the 20th century,
Ashton's muse, the perfect exemplar of the English style.
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Carla
Fracci
Italian-born principal of La Scala, renowned for her interpretation
of the romantic roles.
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Isabelle
Guérin
É toile of Paris Opéra Ballet.
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and gallery
Sylvie
Guillem
The best dancer of her generation? Many think so. An amazing
technique, an electrifying stage presence, and radical views.
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Dancing
to her own tune
On
ballet and dance
Paloma
Herrera
Argentinean ballerina, Principal Dancer of American
Ballet Theatre.
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Tamara
Karsavina
Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Nijinsky in Fokine's
avant-garde ballets helped to revive interest in ballet in western
Europe.
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Gelsey
Kirkland
American ballerina, closely associated with New
York City Ballet and American
Ballet Theatre.
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and gallery
Natalia
Makarova
Russian-born ballerina, member of Kirov until she defected to
the West and joined American Ballet
Theatre.
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and gallery
Vaclav
Nijinsky
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, considered among the
great male dancers in history.
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Rudolf
Nureyev
Russian-born ballet dancer and choreographer, perhaps the most
virtuosic and charismatic male dancer of his generation.
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Veronika
Part
Soloist with Mariinsky Ballet and American
Ballet Theatre.
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and gallery
Anna
Pavlova
Russian ballerina, the most famous classical ballerina of her
era.
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Elisabeth
Platel
Danseuse étoile of the Paris Opéra Ballet.
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Tamara
Rojo
Principal ballerina of the Royal Ballet.
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Maria
Tallchief
Native-American ballerina who studied under Nijinska, married
Balanchine and became the leading ballerina of New
York City Ballet.
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and gallery
Twyla
Tharp
American dancer and choreographer.
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personalities
Sergei
Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario whose Ballets Russes revived ballet
as a serious art form.
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Sergei
Grigoriev
Grigoriev was stage manager and rehearsal director of Diaghilev's
Ballets Russes. His diaries provide a fascinating insight into
those hugely influential years.
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Marie
Laurencin
French artist and designer who collaborated with Ballets Russes
on several productions.
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dancers/Choreographers
George
Balanchine
Russian-born American choreographer, one of the foremost choreographers
in the history of ballet.
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Mikhail
Baryshnikov
Russian-born American dancer and choreographer, one of the most
charismatic and spectacular dancers of his generation.
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Mikhail
Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer, whose work revitalized traditional
classical ballet and inaugurated a brilliant new era in ballet
history.
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Ballets
Russes: the Fokine years
Martha
Graham
Her fierce choreography sometimes amazed and sometimes horrified,
but in it she embodied modern dance - arrogantly and spectacularly.
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Sergei
Lifar
Russian-French dancer and choreographer of exceptional stage
presence, who revitalized the Paris Opéra Ballet and was
the primary figure of modern French ballet.
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Léonide
Massine
Russian-American dancer and influential choreographer, who did
much to further the arts of character dance and pantomime.
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Ballets
Russes: the Massine years
Bronislava
Nijinska
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, sister of Nijinsky,
considered to be one of the most gifted and original choreographers
of the 20th century.
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Ruth
St. Denis
American contemporary dance innovator who influenced almost every
phase of American dance.
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musicians
Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, pianist and writer. He wrote in
virtually all genres, often merging popular and classical styles.
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Aaron
Copland
American composer, conductor and author who helped define a 20th
century American sound.
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Claude
Debussy
French composer, whose harmonic innovations helped pave the way
for the musical upheavals of the 20th century.
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George
Gershwin
American composer who did much to create syntheses between jazz
and classical traditions in his concert music.
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Aleksandr
Glazunov
Russian composer, the last important composer of the Russian
national school.
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"Les
Six", Satie and Cocteau
A short-lived group of French artists who, inspired by Erik Satie
and Jean Cocteau, collectively championed the "anti-serious" avant-garde
and surrealism in music and the arts.
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Sergei
Prokofiev
Russian composer, who scored several ballets for Ballets Russes.
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Maurice
Ravel
French composer, highly influential in 20th-century music.
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Igor
Stravinsky
Russian-American composer, one of the most influential figures
of music in the 20th century.
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