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Born January 30, 1920 • Ardmore • Oklahoma
Died November 3, 2008 or November 4, 2008 • Cannes • France
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Dame Marie Rambert
ballet producer, director, and teacher
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
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Ida Rubinstein
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Alicia Markova, 1954.
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Kirsten Ralov
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George Balanchine.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
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Judith Jamison
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André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
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