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Also Known As Dame Monica Mason
Born September 6, 1941 (age 85) • Johannesburg • South Africa

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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
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Darcey Bussell
British dancer
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Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Swan Lake
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
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William Schuman
American composer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
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Sir Kenneth MacMillan
British choreographer
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John Field
British ballet dancer and director
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Dame Peggy van Praagh
British dancer
Michael Somes and George Balanchine
Michael Somes
British dancer
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Harald Lander
Danish dancer
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Constant Lambert
British composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Margot Fonteyn poses en pointe in a classical tutu and floral headpiece as Princess Aurora in the ballet
Dame Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
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John Cranko
South African dancer, choreographer, and director
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Nadia Nerina
South African dancer
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Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
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Auguste Vestris
French dancer