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Also Known As Anina Margarete Kirstina Petra Jensen
Born January 6, 1878 • Århus • Denmark
Died April 23, 1970 (aged 92) • Surrey

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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
John Weaver
British dancer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Dame Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Sir Arthur Bliss
English composer
Sir Arnold Bax
British author and composer
Sir Eugene Goossens
British conductor
Michael Somes and George Balanchine
Michael Somes
British dancer
Constant Lambert
British composer
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Auguste Vestris
French dancer
Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Igor Youskevitch
American ballet dancer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer