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Encyclopedia > Ballerina
Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990.

A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. A male ballet dancer is called a danseur. Image File history File links Maya Plisetskaya in Don Quixote (1964). ... Image File history File links Maya Plisetskaya in Don Quixote (1964). ... Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Russian: ; born November 20, 1925) is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as the greatest ballerina of modern times. ... The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow houses the world renowned Bolshoi Ballet, which has been home to some of the worlds greatest ballet dancers, including Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova. ... Look up Female in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ...


Although the term ballerina is used for any female ballet dancer, it was originally a rank given to an exceptional ballet soloist in the Russian Imperial Ballet. Carlotta Brianza and Paul Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty. ...


The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:

  • prima ballerina assoluta
  • prima ballerina
  • ballerina
  • premiere danseuse
  • soloist
  • coryphée
  • corps de ballet

There were only two prime ballerine assolute in Imperial Russia – Pierina Legnani and Mathilde Kschessinska – and two prime ballerine assolute in Soviet Russia – Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. In Cuba, Alicia Alonso a tittle she still holds. In modern day England only one ballerina attained such status - Margot Fonteyn - a rank that she still holds, even in death. Cynthia Gregory holds the distinction in the United States of being its prima ballerina assoluta. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Pierina Legnani (1863-1923) was an Italian ballerina responsible for the inclusion of 32 consecutive fouettés en tournant en pointe to the ballet Swan Lake. ... Mathilde Kschessinska (Polish: Matylda KrzesiÅ„ska, 19 August 1872 (O.S.) — 7 June 1971), (also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya since 1921) was a Polish-born ballerina and the second prima ballerina assoluta in the world. ... Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: ; 8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. ... Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Russian: ; born November 20, 1925) is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as the greatest ballerina of modern times. ... Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martinez Hoya, simply known as Alicia Alonso, is a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer. ... Dame Margot Fonteyn, DBE, (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991), the British assoluta was considered the worlds greatest ballerina of her time. ... Cynthia Gregory is an American ballerina whom Rudolph Nureyev called Americas prima ballerina assoluta. ...


See also

Russian ballet is a method of ballet technique that originated in Russia. ... A ballet company is a group of dancers who perform ballets. ...

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