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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov:
Dance Genius


Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky:
A Leap into Madness


Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina
Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina




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Ballet Dancers & Ballerinas ~

Alicia Markova
Leonide Massine
Cleo de Merode

Isaac Mullins
Bronislava Nijinska

Vaslav Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev

Isaac Mullins Art Print
Isaac Mullins
Art Print


Triple Exposure of Ballerina Alicia Markova as Bluebird in the Production of "The Sleeping Beauty", Photographic Print
Triple Exposure of
Ballerina Alicia Markova as Bluebird in the Production of
“The Sleeping Beauty”,
Photographic Print

Alicia Markova, née Lilian Alicia Marks
b. 12-1-1910; London
d. 12-2-2004; Bath, England

Alicia Markova, the first British dancer to be bestowed the title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta, is widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers in history. Tamara Karsavina was a teacher of Markova.


The Red Shoes Movie Poster, Leonide Massine
The Red Shoes -
Leonide Massine
Movie Poster

Leonide Massine
b. 8-9-1897; Moscow
d. 3-15-1979; Cologne, West Germany

Léonide Massine, a ballet dancer and choreographer most often associated with the Ballets Russes, created the world's first symphonic ballet, Les Présages, using Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.

Leonide Massine and His Daughter Tatiana, Photographic Print
Leonide Massine and
His Daughter Tatiana,
Photographic Print





Massine also appeared in both ballet movies The Red Shoes (1948) and Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

Enrico Cecchetti was one of Massine's teachers.


Cleo de Merode, Folies Bergére, Giclee Print
Cleo de Merode,
Folies Bergére,
Giclee Print

Cléo de Mérode, née Cléopatra Diane de Mérode
b. 9-27-1875; Paris, France
d. 10-17-1966

Cléo de Mérode was trained in ballet though chose to dance in a Paris music hall. She was renowned for her beauty that influenced Parisian style and for allegedly being the mistress of Belgian King Leopold II.

Le Ballet de ma vie


Vanity Fair Bronislava Nijinska Photograph Print
Bronislava Nijinska
Photograph Print

Bronislava Nijinska
b. 1-8-1891; Minsk
d. 2-2-1972

Her brother, Vaslav Nijinsky, was perhaps the more famous dancer, but Bronislava Nijinska established her own reputation as a dance mistress and choreographer with works including ‘Les Biches,’ ‘Les Noces,’ and the dance sequences for the film version of Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream.’'

Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs


Posed Portrait of Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in Costume from Scheherazade, Photographic Print
Vaslav Nijinsky in Costume from Scheherazade,
Photographic Print

Vaslav Nijinsky
b. 3-12-1890; Kiev, Ukraine
d. 4-8-1950; London

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, was a member of Ballet Russe organized by Sergei Diaghilev. Celebrated for his virtuosity and creativity, Nijinsky was diagnosed with schizophrenia and treated by psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler. The music for the ballet Scheherazade was composed by Rimsky-Korsakov.

Nijinsky, VHS
The Outsider by Colin Wilson


Rudolf Nureyev Rehearsing For a Televised Performance of Gayane, Photographic Print
Rudolf Nureyev Rehearsing For a Televised Performance of Gayane,
Photographic Print

Rudolph Nureyev
b. 3-17-1938; Irkutsk, Siberia
d. 1-6-1993; Paris (AIDS)

Rudolph Nureyev is regarded as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.

The Perfect Partnership - Fonteyn and Nureyev - DVD
The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev


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