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Website. nureyev.org. Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev[a](17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation. [1][2][3][4] Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberiantrain near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union, to a Tatarfamily.
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948) [1] is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. [2] He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...
Misty Copeland. Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) [1] is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. [2] On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
Ballet ( French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the ...
Mathilde Kschessinskaya and Pavel Gerdt in La Bayadère ballet by the ballet master Marius Petipa and the composer Ludwig Minkus, 1900 This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigrated, and those ...
Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique.It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique (such as pointe work, turnout of the legs, and high extensions), its flowing, precise movements, and its ethereal qualities.
Current group. New York City Ballet. Tiler Kalyn Peck (born January 12, 1989) [1] is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. As well as ballet, she has performed in musical theatre shows and has made cameo appearances in films including Donnie Darko and television series including Tiny Pretty Things .
Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, DBE (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; [1] 27 April 1969) is a retired English ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing . Trained at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, Bussell began her professional career at Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet.