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Galina Ulanova
Galina Ulanova , 1910-98, Russian ballerina, b. St. Petersburg. Ulanova made her debut at the Kirov Ballet (1928), where she danced until 1944. That year she became prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, with which she first appeared in 1935, and she received numerous awards from the Soviet... Read more |
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Dame Alicia Markova
Dame Alicia Markova , 1910-2004, English ballerina. Her original name was Lilian Alicia Marks. Markova joined Diaghilev 's Ballet Russe in 1924 and, in 1931, the Vic-Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet ), becoming its first prima ballerina in 1933. In 1935 she formed a company with Anton Dolin .... Read more |
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Charlotte Saunders Cushman
Charlotte Saunders Cushman , 1816-76, one of the first outstanding American actresses, b. Boston. Cushman turned from opera to drama and in 1835 first played Lady Macbeth, the role in which she was said to be unequaled. Her portrayals of Romeo and Hamlet won her popular favor, but her most... Read more |
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Romeo and Juliet
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Greville
Greville [first name and dates unknown], actor. He is said to have been a student at Princeton who abandoned his studies to join David Douglass's company at the John Street Theatre in 1767. This would make him probably the first native American to become a professional, since all known earlier... Read more |
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Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall 1956– Actor, screenwriter, director Started as Singer and Dancer Praised in Directorial Debut Selected films (actor) Sources Highly regarded for his intensity and dedication to his acting roles, Vondie Curtis-Hall has become a fixture on television, playing Dr.... Read more |
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci , 1889-1963, Italian coloratura soprano. She studied piano at the Milan Conservatory and meanwhile trained her own voice. From the time she made her debut in the role of Gilda in Rigoletto in 1906 until goiter forced her retirement from opera in 1930, her full and golden voice... Read more |
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Role
RoleI. Psychological AspectsTheodore R. SarbinBIBLIOGRAPHYII. Sociological AspectsRalph H. TurnerBIBLIOGRAPHYI PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTSThe concept of role came into psychology through the cross-disciplinary efforts of a number of social and clinical psychologists. The dramaturgical metaphor was first... Read more |
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Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev , 1938-93, Russian ballet dancer, b. near Irkutsk, Siberian USSR (now Russia). Nureyev studied in Ufa and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), and in 1958 he became a soloist with the Kirov Ballet . In 1961 he defected from the Soviet Union while on tour in Paris. The leading classical... Read more |
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Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig , 1928-, German mezzo-soprano, b. Berlin. The daughter of opera singers, she debuted (1946) as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Frankfurt State Opera and starred at the Vienna State Opera from her debut as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro in 1955 until her retirement... Read more |
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