Biography of a famous ballet dancer
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Dancers’ biographies that you’ll love
I love reading anytime inom have some spare time. There’s ingenting better than having a book between the hands and a warm blanket on top. Actually, there is something better: having a good ballet book! If you enjoy reading too, here’s a collection of dancers’ biographies that you’ll love.
Natalia Makarova – A dance autobiography (by Natalia Makarova)
Natalia Makarova has been one of my greatest influences and role models, not only for her dancing, but especially for her personality. In her autobiography, filled with beautiful pictures, Makarova begins with her childhood in Russia and takes us up to the peaks of her career as a ballerina. She extensively talks about the spirituality and intellectuality of dance, about her difficulties and personal opinions. A very inspiring story for any dancer.
“To execute a step and to dance a step. The opposition of these two concepts contains the entire history of the classical dance”Natalia Maka
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Sylvie Guillem
French ballet dancer (born 1965)
Not to be confused with Sylvie Guillaume.
Sylvie Guillem
CBE
danced with Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant in 2010 in Bolshoi Theatre in
Born Sylvie Guillem
(1965-02-23) 23 February 1965 (age 59)Paris, France
Occupation Ballet dancer Years active 1984–2015 Sylvie GuillemCBE (French:[silvigilɛm]; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She has performed contemporary dance as an Associate Artist of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. Her most notable performances have included those in Giselle and in Rudolf Nureyev's stagings of Swan Lake and Don Quixote. In November 2014, she announced her retirement from the stage in 2015.[1][2]
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The 10 greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century
19 October 2021, 17:54 | Updated: 19 October 2021, 17:56
Are these the greatest ballet dancers of the last 100 years? World-famous ballerina Deborah Bull thinks so. She explains her choices below.
English dancer, former creative director of the Royal Opera House and current director of cultural partnerships at King’s College London, Deborah Bull is one of the country’s leading voices in the arts and ballet.
Watch these amazing videos of the 20th-century icons of ballet, and see if you agree with Bull on her top 10 choices.
1. Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950)
Nijinsky was a Russian dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterisations.
Deborah Bull says: “Through the Ballets Russes’ tours abroad between 1909 and 1929, Western audiences had their first-ever taste of Russian ballet. In no one was the brilliance of the dancers&rsquo