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Born August 15, 1927 • Rustenburg • South Africa
Died June 26, 1973 (aged 45) • Dublin • Ireland
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
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Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
Yuri Grigorovich
Yuri Grigorovich
Russian dancer and choreographer
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
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Karen Kain
Canadian ballet dancer
Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade
Charles Walters
American dancer, choreographer, and film director