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Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev[a] (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the most preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk ...
List of prima ballerinas. This is a list of people who have been awarded the title prima ballerina, the second highest title that can be awarded to a ballerina: prima ballerina assoluta being the first. " Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who ...
Lisa Joann Thompson (born April 22, 1969), American dancer and choreographer, best known for starring as a Fly Girl on the In Living Color television show. Danny Tidwell (born August 1, 1984), American contemporary and ballet dancer and choreographer, best known for being the runner-up on Fox's third season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2007.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova [a] (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; [b] 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, being the first ballerina to tour the world, including ...
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948) [1] is a Latvian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor. [2] He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...
Prima ballerina assoluta is a title awarded to the most notable of female ballet dancers. To be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta is a rare honour, traditionally reserved only for the most exceptional dancers of their generation. Originally inspired by the Italian ballet masters of the early Romantic ballet, and literally meaning ...
Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Ната́лия Рома́новна Мака́рова, born 21 November 1940) is a Russian prima ballerina and choreographer. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that "her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in ...
Maximova in 1972 Maximova as Kitri and her husband Vladimir Vasiliev as Basilio in Don Quixote at the Bolshoi Theatre. (c. 1970) Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova (Russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) [1] was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised.