Dance History & Famous Ballerinas PDF

**DANCE** - **TYPES OF DANCE** **Traditional Dance** - **Contemporary Dance** - **BALLET** - - **ORIGINS OF BALLET** 1. - 2. - 3. - **TWO TYPES OF BALLET** 1. - 2. - **THE WORLD FAMOUS BALLERINA** ### **Anna Pavlova** - ### Born on Febr...

**DANCE** - **TYPES OF DANCE** **Traditional Dance** - **Contemporary Dance** - **BALLET** - - **ORIGINS OF BALLET** 1. - 2. - 3. - **TWO TYPES OF BALLET** 1. - 2. - **THE WORLD FAMOUS BALLERINA** ### **Anna Pavlova** - ### Born on February 12, 1881, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Anna Pavlova rose to prominence as a ballet dancer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She became the first ballerina to commence on a global tour. She is most renowned for her creation of \"The Dying Swan,\" a solo piece choreographed by Michel Fokine in 1905 and performed to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. ### **Rudolf Nureyev** - ### Rudolf Nureyev, born on March 17, 1938, in Irkutsk, Russia, was a famous ballet dancer of the 20th century. He became well-known as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of his time, leading the Opera Ballet to fame through their international tours. He\'s remembered for his stunning performances in classical ballets like Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Raymonda, Cinderella, and La Bayadère. ### **Margot Fonteyn** - ### Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias, better known by her stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina born on May 18, 1919, in Reigate, United Kingdom. She rose to prominence as the most famous British ballet dancer of the twentieth century. Fonteyn dedicated her entire career to the Royal Ballet, where she earned the prestigious title of prima ballerina assoluta, bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II. ### **Mikhail Baryshnikov** - ### **Maya Plisetskaya** -