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Legends of the Maryinsky.(excertps from 'St. Petersburg: A Century of Russian Ballet')(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine  |  Date: 6/1/1999  |  Author: NOBLE, JEREMY

St. Petersburg--no other city this century has produced so many ballet legends. But for every name known to the general public--Nijinsky, Pavlova, Balanchine, Ulanova, Nureyev, Makarova, Baryshnikov there are many others whose influence was no less significant: Diaghilev, who saved classical ballet in the West; Lopukhov, who saved classical ballet in Russia; Vaganova, who developed the school; the honorary westerners--Fokine, Karsavina, Danilova; the "forgotten" ...

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