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Adeline Genée (1878-1970) was a Danish ballerina and founder-president of the Royal Academy of Dance. At the age of three she started taking dancing lessons from her uncle Alexander Genée and his...

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Anna Pavlova  was born in St Petersburg in 1881, and entered the Imperial Ballet School in 1891.  In 1897 she first danced on the Maryinsky stage, and graduated in 1899.  She was accorded...

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Nicholas Legat  was a Russian dancer, choreographer and teacher who was born in St Petersburg. In 1888 he joined the Maryinsky Ballet, where he was an outstanding dancer and partner, as well as a...

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