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Also Known As Eliza Gilbert • Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert
Born February 17, 1821 • Ireland
Died January 17, 1861 (aged 39) • New York City • New York

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Irish-born British dancer
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Igor Youskevitch
American ballet dancer
Auguste Vestris
French dancer
Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Gower Champion
American dancer and choreographer
John Bubbles
American dancer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Birju Maharaj
Birju Maharaj
Indian dancer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario