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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 Henning Kronstam, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years, dies at 60 of a pulmonary embolism 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 Shostakovich' ballet "Clear Brook" 1934 Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company 1934 Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years 1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City 1933 Arif Melikov, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, name also Arif Malikov, Soviet composer, nationally acclaimed for composition Legend of Love whose ballet is among the finest works to emerge from the Soviet Union 1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds 1933 Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 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 Eino Tamberg, born in Estonia, composer, neoclassical Estonian music, teacher, Estonian Academy of Music, wrote ballet, 'Johanna tentate' 1930 John Gilpin, English ballet dancer, Etudes, Alice in Wonderland 1929 Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra 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, NNationalatl 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, French 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 John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer 1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte 1901 Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 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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