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Peter Martins: Quick Facts

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Born October 27, 1946 (age 80) • Copenhagen • Denmark

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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
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
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Lincoln Kirstein
American dance patron, writer, and businessman
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Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
American dancer
Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy
French ballerina
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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