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Also Known As Aleksandr Borisovich Godunov
Born November 25, 1949 or November 28, 1949 • Sakhalin Island • Russia
Died May 18, 1995 • Los Angeles • California

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Alexei Ratmansky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Hayden, Melissa
Melissa Hayden
American ballet dancer
Moira Shearer
Scottish ballerina and actress
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva
Russian ballerina
Ida Rubinstein
Ida Rubinstein
Russian dancer
Tikhomirov and Yekaterina Geltzer in Dance Dream, 1911
Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov
Russian dancer
Yuri Grigorovich
Yuri Grigorovich
Russian dancer and choreographer
Rostislav Zakharov
Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director
Leonid Lavrovsky
Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher
Aleksandr Gorsky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Hanks
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Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
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Shirley MacLaine, c. 1961.
Shirley MacLaine
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Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
British actor and director
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
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