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Also Known As Choura • Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova
Born November 20, 1903 • Peterhof • Russia • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died July 13, 1997 (aged 93) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1989)
Notable Works “The Turning Point”

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Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
American dancer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
American dancer
Edward Villella, 1960, in the title role of “The Prodigal Son”, by the choreographer George Balanchine.
Edward Villella
American dancer
Patricia McBride and George Balanchine
Patricia McBride
American dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
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Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist
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Boris Kochno
French writer
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Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballerina
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova
Russian ballerina
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
American dancer

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