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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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Lydia Kyasht (1885-1959). Russian dancer, teacher, director and choreographer Born in St Petersburg in 1885, Lydia Kyasht studied under Pavel Gerdt in a class alongside Anna Pavlova and Tamara...

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