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Born 1904 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died May 5, 1975 (aged 71) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Vaganova, Agrippina
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina
Olga Preobrajenska
Russian ballerina
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Tikhomirov and Yekaterina Geltzer in Dance Dream, 1911
Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov
Russian dancer
Christian Johansson
Swedish-Russian dancer
Dame Marie Rambert
ballet producer, director, and teacher
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
William Schuman
American composer
Enrico Cecchetti
Italian dancer
Carlo Blasis
Carlo Blasis
Italian ballet teacher
Dauberval, with Mlle Allard, in Sylvie, 1766; wood engraving by Jules Huyot, 19th century, after a contemporary work by an unknown artist
Jean Dauberval
French dancer
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet dancer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
Marjorie Tallchief
American dancer
Kirsten Ralov
Danish dancer
George Washington Smith
American dancer
Charles Didelot
French dancer
Lew Christensen
American dancer, teacher, and choreographer
Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
Harold Christensen
American dancer