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Erik Bruhn

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Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October 1928 – 1 April 1986) was a Danish danseur, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author. [1]

72 relations: Alicia Alonso, Alicia Markova, Allegra Kent, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Kisselgoff, August Bournonville, Ballet dancer, Birgit Cullberg, Bulgaria, Cannes Film Festival, Carla Fracci, Carmen (1949 ballet), Classical ballet, Clive Barnes, Copenhagen, Coppélia, Cynthia Gregory, Danes, Danseur noble, Don Quixote (ballet), Fred Fehl, Frederick Ashton, French ballet, Gentofte, Giselle, Glossary of ballet, Hans Christian Andersen (film), Harald Lander, HIV/AIDS, Jacob's Pillow Dance, Joffrey Ballet, John Cranko, John Martin (dance critic), John Rockwell, José Limón, La Sylphide, Léonide Massine, Lung cancer, Maria Tallchief, Metropolitan Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Nadia Nerina, Natalia Makarova, National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, Nora Kaye, Order of the Dannebrog, Paris Opera Ballet, Pas de deux, Petrushka (ballet), ..., Rashomon (play), Roland Petit, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet, Sonia Arova, Stuttgart Ballet, Swan Lake, Symphonie fantastique, The Bell Telephone Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Moor's Pavane, The New York Times, The Nutcracker, The Royal Ballet, Time (magazine), Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Vaslav Nijinsky, Zizi Jeanmaire. Expand index (22 more) »

Alicia Alonso

Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920) is a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955.

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Alicia Markova

Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet.

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Allegra Kent

Allegra Kent (born August 11, 1937) is an American ballet dancer, actress, children's book author and columnist.

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American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City.

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Anna Kisselgoff

Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for The New York Times.

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August Bournonville

August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer.

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Ballet dancer

A ballet dancer (ballerina fem., ballerino masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.

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Birgit Cullberg

Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg (3 August 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Swedish choreographer.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (Festival international du film) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world.

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Carla Fracci

Carla Fracci (born 20 August 1936, Milan) is an Italian ballet dancer and actress.

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Carmen (1949 ballet)

Carmen is a ballet created by Roland Petit and his company ‘Les Ballets de Paris’ at the Prince's Theatre in London on 21 February 1949, which has entered the repertory of ballet companies in France and around the world.

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Classical ballet

Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique.

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Clive Barnes

Clive Alexander Barnes CBE (13 May 1927 – 19 November 2008) was an English writer and critic.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Coppélia

Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: The Girl With The Enamel Eyes) is a comic ballet originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter.

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Cynthia Gregory

Cynthia Kathleen Gregory (born July 8, 1946) is an American former prima ballerina.

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Danes

Danes (danskere) are a nation and a Germanic ethnic group native to Denmark, who speak Danish and share the common Danish culture.

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Danseur noble

A danseur noble traditionally was a male ballet dancer who projected great nobility of character.

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Don Quixote (ballet)

Don Quixote is a ballet in four acts and eight scenes, based on episodes taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

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Fred Fehl

Fred Fehl (January 21, 1906 – October 5, 1995) was an American photographer of Viennese birth and upbringing.

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Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer.

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French ballet

In the French courts during the 17th Century, ballet first begins to flourish with the help of several important men: King Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pierre Beauchamps, and Molière.

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Gentofte

Gentofte is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Giselle

Giselle (French: Giselle, ou les Wilis) is a romantic ballet in two acts.

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Glossary of ballet

Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language.

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Hans Christian Andersen (film)

Hans Christian Andersen is a 1952 Hollywood musical film directed by Charles Vidor, with lyrics and music by Frank Loesser.

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Harald Lander

Harald Alfred Bernhardt Stevnsborg Lander (25 February 1905 – 14 September 1971) was a Danish dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Jacob's Pillow Dance

Jacob's Pillow is a dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires.

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Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet is a professional dance company resident in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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John Cranko

John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African born ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet.

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John Martin (dance critic)

John Martin (June 2, 1893 - May 19, 1985) became America's first major dance critic in 1927.

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John Rockwell

John Sargent Rockwell (born September 16, 1940) is an American music critic, editor, arts administrator, and dance critic.

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José Limón

José Arcadio Limón (January 12, 1908 – December 2, 1972) was a dancer and choreographer who developed what is now known as 'Limón technique'.

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La Sylphide

La Sylphide (The Sylph; Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts.

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Léonide Massine

Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Maria Tallchief

Elizabeth Marie "Betty" TallChief (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American ballerina.

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Metropolitan Ballet

Metropolitan Ballet was a short lived British ballet company.

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Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (p; Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948), nicknamed "Misha" (Russian diminutive of the name "Mikhail"), is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.

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Nadia Nerina

Nadia Nerina (21 October 1927 – 6 October 2008) was a South African dancer who was "one of the most gifted, versatile, and inspiring ballerinas of The Royal Ballet" during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Natalia Makarova

Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Ната́лия Рома́новна Мака́рова, born 21 November 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer.

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National Ballet of Canada

The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet company.

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

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Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye-Ross (January 17, 1920 – February 28, 1987) was an American prima-ballerina known for her ability to perform dramatic roles.

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Order of the Dannebrog

The Order of the Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V.

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Paris Opera Ballet

The Paris Opera Ballet (French: "Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris") is an integral part of the Paris Opera and the oldest national ballet company.

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Pas de deux

In ballet, a pas de deux (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together.

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Petrushka (ballet)

Petrushka (Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a ballet burlesque in four scenes.

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Rashomon (play)

Rashomon is the name of several different stage productions, all ultimately derived from works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

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Roland Petit

Roland Petit (13 January 192410 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

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Royal Danish Ballet

The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Royal Swedish Ballet

The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe.

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Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев Rudolf Xämid ulı Nuriyev, p; 17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet ballet and contemporary dancer and choreographer.

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Russian ballet

Russian ballet (Ballet russe) is a form of ballet characteristic of or originating from Russia.

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Sonia Arova

Sonia Arova (Соня Арова) (May 19, 1927 – February 4, 2001), was a Bulgarian ballerina.

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Stuttgart Ballet

Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company.

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Swan Lake

Swan Lake (Лебединое озеро Lebedinoye ozero), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76.

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Symphonie fantastique

(Fantastical Symphony: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts) Op. 14, is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830.

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The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour (also known as The Telephone Hour) is a concert series which began April 29, 1940, on NBC Radio and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The Moor's Pavane

The Moor's Pavane is a 20-minute ballet based upon the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker (Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya; Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71).

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The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto General Hospital

The Toronto General Hospital (TGH), is a major teaching hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and a part of the University Health Network.

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Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky (also Vatslav; Ва́цлав Фоми́ч Нижи́нский;; Wacław Niżyński; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreographer cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century.

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Zizi Jeanmaire

Zizi Jeanmaire (born Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire 29 April 1924) is a French ballet dancer and the widow of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bruhn

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