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Also Known As Aleksandr Alexeyevich Gorsky
Born August 18, 1871 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died October 20, 1924 (aged 53) • Moscow • Russia
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Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director
Leonid Lavrovsky
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Alexei Ratmansky
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Yuri Grigorovich
Yuri Grigorovich
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Sergeyev
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Bronislava Nijinska
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Michel Fokine
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Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
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Léonide Massine
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Diana Vishneva
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Alexander Godunov
Alexander Godunov
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Lev Ivanov
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Tikhomirov and Yekaterina Geltzer in Dance Dream, 1911
Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov
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Nicholas Sergeyev
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Pina Bausch
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Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
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George Balanchine.
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