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Also Known As Olga Yosifovna Preobrazhenskaya
Born February 2, 1871 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died December 27, 1962 (aged 91) • near Paris • France
Vaganova, Agrippina
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Tikhomirov and Yekaterina Geltzer in Dance Dream, 1911
Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov
Russian dancer
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Vera Volkova
Russian ballet teacher
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Christian Johansson
Swedish-Russian dancer
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Dame Marie Rambert
ballet producer, director, and teacher
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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William Schuman
American composer
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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
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Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet dancer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
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Marjorie Tallchief
American dancer
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Kirsten Ralov
Danish dancer
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George Washington Smith
American dancer
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Charles Didelot
French dancer
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Lew Christensen
American dancer, teacher, and choreographer
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Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
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Harold Christensen
American dancer