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Smakov, Gennady.

The great Russian dancers / Gennady Smakov.

1st ed.

New York : Knopf, 1984.

xviii, 342 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

"A century of classical ballet danced by 33 stellar exponents of Russian style, from the days of Petipa and Pavlova to the era of Baryshnikov, Makarova, and Nureyev"--Jacket.

Ballet dancers -- Soviet Union -- Biography.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336) and index.

Ballerinas: The lyrical ballerinas: Anna Pavlova ; Lubov Egorova ; Galina Ulanova ; Natalina Makarova -- The great virtuosos: Matlida Kschessinskaya ; Olga Preobrajenskaya ; Natalia Dudinskaya -- The uniquely Russian stylists: Ekaterina Geltzer ; Lidia Ivanova ; Marina Semyonova -- Les grandes tragédiennes: Sofia Fedorova ; Alla Shelest ; Maya Plisetskaya -- "The weeping spirits": Olga Spessivteva ; Natalia Bessmertnova -- The ideal soubrettes and ingenues: Vera Trefilova ; Irina Kolpakova ; Ekaterina Maximova -- The decorative ballerinas: Tamara Karsavina ; Alla Osipenko -- Danseurs: Dancers without category: Vaslav Nijinsky ; Rudolf Nureyev ; Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Danseurs nobles: Pavel Gerdt ; Vasily Tikhomirov ; Konstanin Sergeyev ; Nikita Dolgushin ; Yuri Soloviev -- The dancer as "Superman": Mikhail Mordkin ; Pierre Vladimiroff ; Alexei Yermolayev ; Vakhtang Chabukiani ; Vladimir Vasiliev.

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