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This is a list of people who have been awarded the title prima ballerina, technically the second highest title that can be awarded to a ballerina: prima ballerina assoluta being the first. It is also used as a description of the place of a particular dancer within a company.
Pages in category "Prima ballerinas" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Nadia Nerina (1927–2008), prima ballerina who made her glittering career with The Royal Ballet in London; Juliet Prowse (1936–1996), Indian-born, stage dancer, starred in Can-Can; Robyn Hendricks, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet; Phyllis Spira (1943–2008), prima ballerina, teacher, performed with Cape Town's CAPAB
Pierina Legnani – the first ballerina ever to be titled prima ballerina assoluta – photographed during her tour of London, 1891. Written on the photo is Signorina Pierina Legnani, Première danseuse assoluta. 15-9-91 – London. Prima ballerina assoluta is a title awarded to the most notable of female ballet dancers.
Pages in category "British prima ballerinas" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Darcey Bussell; F.
Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet.Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century.
In 2015, Copeland made history as the first Black woman promoted to principal dancer in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) — and this fall, the prima ballerina blazed a new ...
Yvette Chauviré ([i.vɛt ʃo.vi.ʁe]; 22 April 1917 – 19 October 2016) was a French prima ballerina assoluta and actress. [1] She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the mentor of another pair of well-known prima ballerinas named, Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. [2] She was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in ...