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Nadia Nerina

South African dancer
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Original name:
Nadine Judd
Born:
Oct. 21, 1927, Cape Town, S.Af.
Died:
Oct. 6, 2008, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
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Nadia Nerina (born Oct. 21, 1927, Cape Town, S.Af.—died Oct. 6, 2008, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France) was a South African prima ballerina renowned for her remarkable versatility of roles. After touring South Africa in 1942, she went to England in 1945, where she studied under Dame Marie Rambert. Nerina became prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet in 1951, excelling in both classical, especially La Fille mal gardée, and modern repertoires. In the U.S.S.R. she appeared as guest artist with the Bolshoi and Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Kirov (now Mariinsky) ballets. Nerina continued as ballerina with the Royal Ballet as a soloist from 1967 to 1969 and retired in 1969. She remained active in ballet and was a British jury member for the third International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1977.

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