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Born October 22, 1921 • Doncaster • England
Died August 3, 1991 (aged 69) • England
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
Michael Somes and George Balanchine
Michael Somes
British dancer
Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Darcey Bussell
British dancer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Dame Marie Rambert
ballet producer, director, and teacher
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Alicia Markova, 1954.
Dame Alicia Markova
British ballerina
Sir Kenneth MacMillan
British choreographer
Dame Peggy van Praagh
British dancer
Constant Lambert
British composer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Monica Mason
Monica Mason
South African dancer
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Lincoln Kirstein
American dance patron, writer, and businessman
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer