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Tamara Platonovna Karsavina
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Born March 9, 1885 or March 10, 1885 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died May 26, 1978 • Beaconsfield • England

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Igor Stravinsky
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Russian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Russian composer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
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Russian ballerina
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
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Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
David Hockney
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British artist
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Diana Vishneva
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Russian ballerina
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