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#iconicballets 04 #LikeandShare The Sleeping Beauty Petipa and Tchaikovsky brought the world more than one amazing ballet; in their first...

#iconicballets 03 #LikeandShare Don Quixote Don Quixote premiered at the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow in 1869. Petipa choreographed the...

#iconicballets 02 #LikeandShare Swan Lake This is among few ballets that don’t need an introduction. Petipa was 77-years-old when he...

#iconicballets 01 #LikeandShare French-born ballet dancer and choreographer Marius Petipa (1818-1910) found himself in Russia as an...

#MaleBalletDancer 10 #LikeandShare Roberto Bolle Roberto Bolle is an Italian ballet dancer who was born in 1975, in Casale Monferrato. He...

#MaleBalletDancer 09 #LikeandShare Michael Smuin Michael Smuin was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and theatre director. He was...

#MaleBalletDancer 08 #LikeandShare Carlos Acosta Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada is a Cuban ballet dancer who was born in Havana in 1973. He...

#MaleBalletDancer 07 #LikeandShare Benjamin Millepied Benjamin Millepied was born in Bordeaux, France in 1977. He started training with...

#MaleBalletDancer 06 #LikeandShare Erik Bruhn Erik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director,...

#MaleBalletDancer 05 #LikeandShare Anthony Dowell Sir Anthony Dowell used to be a ballet dancer, as well as the artistic director of the...

#MaleBalletDancer 04 #LikeandShare Ivan Vasiliev Ivan Vladimirovitch Vasiliev is a Russian ballet dancer who was born in 1989. At only 30...

#MaleBalletDancer 03 #LikeandShare Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky was born in 1889, in Kiev, which was then part of the Russian Empire....

#MaleBalletDancer 02 #LikeandShare Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is another famous ballet dancer who was born in...

#maleballetdancer 01 #LikeandShare Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was born in the Soviet Union in 1938. Many named him Lord of...

#FamousBallerinas 13 #LikeandShare Zenaida Yanowsky Zenaida Yanowsky was born in France to parents who were both dancers with the Lyon...

#FamousBallerinas 12 #LikeandShare Miyako Yoshida Japanese dancer Miyako Yoshida OBE has taken to the stage with K-ballet in Japan, and...

#FamousBallerinas 11 #LikeandShare Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru is best known for her role in John Neumeier’s Liliom with the Hamburg...

#FamousBallerinas 10 #LikeandShare Leanne Benjamin Two-time winner at the National Dance Awards, Leanne Benjamin has also been honoured...

#FamousBallerinas 09 #LikeandShare Agnes Oaks For nearly two decades, Agnes Oaks was the leading face of the English National Ballet,...

#FamousBallerinas 08 #LikeandShare Marianela Núñez Argentine dancer Marianela Núñez has been with the Royal Ballet for more than 15 years...