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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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Lincoln Kirstein
American dance patron, writer, and businessman
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
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
Russian-American dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
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
Ivan Nagy
Hungarian dancer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
American dancer