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Tamara Karsavina was a renowned Russian ballet dancer who became one of the most celebrated performers of the early 20th century. She is historically significant for her influential roles in productions by the Ballets Russes and her contributions to establishing ballet as a major art form in Western Europe.
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- Born
- Tamara Platonovna Karsavina , ( 1885-03-09 ) 9 March 1885, St. Petersburg , Russia
- Died
- 26 May 1978 (1978-05-26) (aged 93), Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire , England
- Occupation
- Ballet dancer
- Spouses
- Vasili Vasilievich Mukhin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1907 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1917 ) Henry James Bruce , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1918 )
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Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (Russian: Тамара Платоновна Карсавина; 9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. After settling in Britain at Hampstead in London, she began teaching ballet professionally and became recognised as one of the founders of modern British ballet. She assisted in the establishment of The Royal Ballet and was a founder member of the Royal Academy of Dance, which is now the world's largest dance-teaching organisation.
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1885 births1978 deaths20th-century British ballet dancers20th-century Russian ballet dancersBallerinas from the Russian EmpireBallets Russes dancersDancers from Saint PetersburgEmigrants from the Russian Empire to the United KingdomRussian ballet teachersRussian prima ballerinasVaganova Academy of Russian Ballet alumni