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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 ...
Makarova won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical. The same production opened at the Palace Theatre, London on June 12, 1984, starring Natalia Makarova, Tim Flavin, Siobhan McCarthy and Honor Blackman; it received rave reviews and ran for 539 performances. [citation needed]
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 ...
In December 1975, he and his dance partner Natalia Makarova featured prominently in an episode of the BBC television series Arena. In the first two years after his defection, he danced for no fewer than 13 different choreographers, including Jerome Robbins , Glen Tetley , Alvin Ailey , and Twyla Tharp .
Other Dances is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to music by Frédéric Chopin.It was created on Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and premiered on May 9, 1976, at a gala benefitting the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, held at Metropolitan Opera House.
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Polish National Ballet in Natalia Makarova's production of La Bayadère, Warsaw 2016. Photo by Ewa Krasucka. In 1974 Natalia Makarova mounted The Kingdom of the Shades for American Ballet Theatre in New York City, being the first staging of any part of La Bayadère in the United States. In 1980 Makarova staged her own version of the full-length ...
The documentary film Force of Nature Natalia is a year-long portrayal of the life of Natalia Osipova, an accomplished dancer and principal of the Royal Ballet.The documentary covers her preparation for her fifth season as a principal dancer, her work with renowned contemporary choreographers, and provides access to her personal archive.