1997 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1996 Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
1996 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
1996 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89
1996 Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
1995 Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer, dies at 77
1995 Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69
1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies
1993 Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1992 Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife
1992 New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife
1992 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies
1991 Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71
1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
1987 Antony Tudor, dancer and choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
1987 Nora Kaye, U.S. ballet dancer, dies at 67
1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition
1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect
1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City
1973 Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam
1965 Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet
1964 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
1963 Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina, American Ballet Theater
1961 Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist, Spandau Ballet
1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt
1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1959 George Antheil, U.S. pianist/composer (Ballet Mecanique), dies at 58
1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1955 Fernando Bujones, born in Miami, Florida, ballet dancer
1954 Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer
1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
1952 W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies
1951 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72
1950 Merrill Ashley, St. Paul, Minnesota, ballerina, New York City Ballet
1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin
1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
1949 Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres
1948 "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances
1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances
1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Riga, Latvia, ballet dancer, That's Dancing
1947 Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer
1946 Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co
1946 David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing
1945 Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co
1945 William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City
1944 Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in New York City
1943 Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer, Royal Ballet
1942 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City
1942 Patricia McBride, Teaneck, New Jersey, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co
1942 Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies
1942 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City
1941 Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co
1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms
1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago
1938 Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London
1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov
1936 Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
1936 Ian Spurling, ballet designer
1936 Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"
1934 Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company
1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City
1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds
1932 Emmanuel Chabriers and Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1931 Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in London
1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet
1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres
1930 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "Zolotoy Vyek," premieres in Leningrad
1930 John Gilpin, English ballet dancer, Etudes, Alice in Wonderland
1929 Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orch
1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet
1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57
1929 Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris
1928 Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer, Natl Ballet of Canada
1927 Marjorie Tallchief, U.S. ballerina, Harkness Ballet
1927 Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring
1926 Bela Bartoks ballet "Miraculous Mandarin," premieres in Keulen
1925 Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet
1924 Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus
1924 Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer, Sins of Rome
1924 Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
1922 Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
1922 Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School
1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
1920 Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris
1920 Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer, Jolly Joker's Last Joke
1920 Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris
1918 Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer
1917 Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre
1917 Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer, Royal Ballet
1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
1917 Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1917 De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid
1915 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid
1914 Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32
1910 Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1907 Saint-Saens/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St. Petersburg
1907 William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
1907 Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater
1906 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master
1905 Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet
1905 Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion
1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1904 George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer
1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte
1901 Kurt Jooss, Wurtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer
1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58
1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master, Ballets Russes
1898 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
1898 Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina, Royal Ballet
1898 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh
1896 Leonide Massine, choreographer, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20
1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg
1894 Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris
1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg
1892 "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres
1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg
1891 Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54
1891 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian and U.S. ballet dancer, Petroesjka
1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, born in Kiev, Ukraine, ballet dancer, 3/12 NS
1889 Vaslav F Nijinski, Ukraine/US ballet dancer, l'apres-midi d'une faune
1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
1879 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
1877 Tsjaikovski's incomplete ballet "Zwanenmeer," premieres in Moscow
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet
1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director
1848 Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan
1842 MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82
1836 Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia
1835 Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer
1827 Ballet (Deserter) introduced to U.S. at Bowery Theater (New York City)
1819 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte
1815 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader
1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies
1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer
1787 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45
1779 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
1760 MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers
1758 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer.
1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action
1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
1581 Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris
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