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Also Known As Leonid Fyodorovich Miassin
Born August 9, 1896 • Moscow • Russia
Died March 15, 1979 (aged 82) • Cologne • Germany
Founder Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

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Lev Ivanov
Russian dancer
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Moira Shearer
Scottish ballerina and actress
Alexander Godunov
Alexander Godunov
Russian ballet dancer and actor
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Sarabhai, Mallika
Mallika Sarabhai
Indian dancer, actress, writer, and activist
Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
American dancer, actor, and choreographer
Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Hayden, Melissa
Melissa Hayden
American ballet dancer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Alexei Ratmansky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Ida Rubinstein
Ida Rubinstein
Russian dancer
Boris Kochno
French writer

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