Famous BallerinasBy: Lakeisha Gore

What is ballet?

Theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers music written for a ballet.

An artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures.

Three types: Classical, contemporary and modern.

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Who is Anna Pavlova?

Born on January 31, 1881, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Classical dancer She graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in 1899

at the age of 18. The Dying Swan was her most famous showcase. She went to South America in 1917; in 1919 she

visited Bahia and Salvador. A 1920–21 American tour represented Pavlova's fifth major tour of the United States in ten years, and in 1923 the company traveled to Japan, China, India, Burma, and Egypt. South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand were given a glimpse of Pavlova in 1926, and the years 1927 and 1928 were dedicated to a European tour.

Pavlova died in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 22, 1931

Who was Margot Fonteyn

Margaret Hookham was born on 18 May 1919 in Reigate, Surrey

Classical dancer She was famous for her portrayal of Aurora

in Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty . She danced with the Royal Ballet By 1939, Fonteyn had performed principal

roles in Giselle, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty and was appointed Prima Ballerina.

She died on February 21, 1991 in a hospital in Panama City, Panama.

Who was Darcey Bussell?

Born April 27, 1969, London, England At the age of sixteen she was accepted

at the Royal Ballet Upper School in London.

1988 she was given the leading role in his ballet “The Prince of the Pagodas”

In 2006 she announced her retirement as a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet.

Despite retiring from the professional stage, Bussell remains deeply involved in the dance world.

Sources

www.wikipedia.com Mercurio, M. (2006). Anna Pavlova: Ballerina

Absoluta. World & I, 21(10), 14. Barnes, C. (2005). Forever Fonteyn. Dance

Magazine, 79(2), 66. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Barbara, W. (2010). Bussell, Darcey Andrea.

Britannica Biographies, 1. Retrieved from EBSCOhost

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