Dame Alicia Markova (1910-2004).(Deaths)(Obituary) Dance Magazine | March 1, 2005| | COPYRIGHT 2005 Dance Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

One of the great ballerinas of the 20th century, Dame Alicia Markova died last December just after her 94th birthday. She was a Romantic ballerina of fugitive lightness, with a delicacy as much like steel as late. She had precise Cecchettistyle feet and wraith-like arms. Sometimes it seemed that she didn't dance to music--she fused with it, and almost disappeared into it.

Born Lillian Alicia Marks in London, she studied from the age of 11 with the great Russian teacher Seraphine Astafieva. When she was 14 she joined the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, and could therefore ...

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