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Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

Born 1940 · Saint PetersburgRussiaSoviet Union
Natalia Makarova
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Natalia Makarova is a Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1940 in Saint Petersburg.

Biography

Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Ната́лия Рома́новна Мака́рова, born 21 November 1940) is a Russian prima ballerina and choreographer. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that "her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in the West."

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Contemporaries

Ekaterina Maximova

Ekaterina Maximova

Russian ballet dancer (1939-2009)

1939–2009
Oleg Vinogradov

Oleg Vinogradov

Russian choreographer and music educator

1937
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Genrikh Mayorov

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1936–2022)

1936–2022
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Vladimir Zakharov

Russian choreographer (1946–2013)

1946–2013
Natalia Kasatkina

Natalia Kasatkina

Russian ballerina (1934–2024)

1934–2024
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Leonid Kozlov

American ballet dancer and choreographer

1947
Andrey Petrov

Andrey Petrov

Soviet and Russian composer (1930–2006)

1930–2006
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Ninel Kurgapkina

Russian ballerina

1929–2009

Facts from Wikidata (Q267796), CC0.