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Also Known As Belton Evers
Born October 3, 1928 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died April 1, 1986 (aged 57) • Toronto • Canada
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Auguste Vestris
French dancer
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Kirsten Ralov
Danish dancer
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Harald Lander
Danish dancer
Lucile Grahn in La Cracovienne, lithograph by Pierre-Emile Desmaisons, 1844
Lucile Grahn
Danish choreographer
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Christian Johansson
Swedish-Russian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
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Henning Kronstam
Danish dancer
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
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Igor Youskevitch
American ballet dancer
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Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Dmitry Shostakovich sits at a desk by a window, looking at sheet music, wearing glasses and a suit, with papers and books arranged on the desk.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer