Ballet Dancer

Igor Youskevitch

Ballet dancer (1912–1994)

Born 1912 · PyriatynDied 1994United StatesRussian Empire
Igor Youskevitch
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Igor Youskevitch was an American ballet dancer, born in 1912 in Pyriatyn, who died in 1994.

Biography

Igor Youskevitch (Russian: Игорь Юскевич, Ukrainian: Ігор Юскевич) (13 March 1912 – 13 June 1994) was a ballet dancer and a choreographer of Russian-Ukrainian origin, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century, as a master of the classic style, e.g., in Afternoon of a Faun, and as a dance partner to Alicia Alonso.

From the Wikipedia article “Igor Youskevitch”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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Dorothie Littlefield

American ballet dancer (1912-1953)

1912–1953
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Annabelle Lyon

ballet dancer

1916–2011
Alexandros Iolas

Alexandros Iolas

American art collector (1908-1987)

1908–1987
Joan McCracken

Joan McCracken

American dancer and actress (1917–1961)

1917–1961
André Eglevsky

André Eglevsky

American dancer (1917–1977)

1917–1977
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Ruth Pryor

American ballet dancer

1906–2001
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Lila Zali

American ballet dancer and theatre director (1918-2003)

1918–2003
Elvera Sanchez

Elvera Sanchez

American dancer (1905–2000)

1905–2000

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