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Portal to Ballet

Welcome to the Ballet Portal!Here you will find articles about ballet, ballet dancers, and more! There are 36 articles linked to this portal! See them all!

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Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a celebrated 20th century ballet and modern dancer and choreographer. He was born in Siberia, Soviet Union, and attended the Kirov Ballet School.

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Articles by Categories

▼ Ballet choreographers

  George Balanchine

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Rudolf Nureyev

  Marius Petipa

▼ Ballet companies

  Ballets Russes

  Mariinsky Ballet

  New York City Ballet

  Paris Opera Ballet

  The Royal Ballet

▼ Ballet composers

► Sergei Prokofiev

  Léo Delibes

  Igor Stravinsky

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

▼ Ballet dancers

  Dorothée Gilbert

  Margot Fonteyn

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Rudolf Nureyev

  Anna Pavlova

  Marius Petipa

  Marie Taglioni

▼ Ballet styles and genres

► Classical ballets

► Neoclassical ballets

► Romantic ballets

  Classical ballet

  Neoclassical ballet

  Romantic ballet

▼ Ballet terminology

  Pas de deux

  Pointe technique

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Did You Know?

Pavlova as the Dying Swan

• ... that the first performance of Swan Lake in 1877 was considered a failure?
• ... that George Balanchine was born in Russia?
• ... that Anna Pavlova (pictured) founded her own ballet company?

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Choreographer Marius Petipa in 1898

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