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The dancers behind her are also corps de ballet and form a backdrop. In ballet, the corps de ballet ([kɔʁ də balɛ]; French for "body of the little dance") is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers.
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 ...
Pas de deux. In ballet, a pas de deux [pɑ d (ə) dø] (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together. [1][2] The pas de deux is characteristic of classical ballet and can be found in many well-known ballets, including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle. [1]
In French, a male ballet dancer is referred to as a danseur and a female as a danseuse. In Italian, a ballerina is a female who typically holds a principal title within a ballet company; the title for equally ranked males is ballerino. In Italian, the common term for a male dancer is danzatore and a female dancer is a danzatrice.
Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (/ ˌ v ɑː t s l ɑː f n ɪ ˈ (d) ʒ ɪ n s k i /; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj]; Polish: Wacław Niżyński, IPA: [ˈvatswaf ɲiˈʐɨj̃skʲi]; 12 March 1889 [1] [2] /1890 [3] – 8 April 1950) was a Russian [4] ballet dancer and choreographer of ...
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. 19th-century American ballet dancers (5 P) 20th-century American ballet dancers (174 P) 21st-century American ballet dancers (94 P) African-American ballet dancers (45 P)
Tamiyo Kusakari (born 1965), ballerina, film actress, Maki Asami Ballet Company. Noriko Ohara (born 1943), ballerina, Scottish Ballet. Masako Ono, Odissi dancer since 1996. Shino Mori (born 1989), ballerina, National Ballet of Canada. Yoko Morishita (born 1948), prima ballerina, director, Matsuyama Ballet Company.
September 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM. The Queen joked about her ballet skills and that she had been “showed up” by dancers, during a visit to the English National Ballet (ENB). Camilla smiled as she ...