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Also Known As Nelly Guillerm
Born December 1, 1933 • France
Died February 8, 2016 (aged 82) • Bloomington • Indiana

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Violette Verdy
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Lincoln Kirstein
American dance patron, writer, and businessman
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
Ida Rubinstein
Ida Rubinstein
Russian dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Alicia Markova, 1954.
Dame Alicia Markova
British ballerina
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
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Ivan Nagy
Hungarian dancer
Swan Lake
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland
American dancer