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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Tamara Karsavina is referenced by 136 other articles, and connects out to Saint Petersburg, Michel Fokine and Mariinsky Ballet.
It is catalogued under topics including 1885 births, 1978 deaths and 20th-century British ballet dancers.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Sankt Petersburg, Russian Empire
Russian prima ballerina.
Known for
- For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes — Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)2009
- Les Sylphides — Self (Introduction)1953
- Hanseaten1925
- Ways to Strength and Beauty1925
- The Old Wives' Tale — Dancer1921
- The Torch Dance1909
via TMDB
Key facts
- 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 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Beaconsfield
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Image
- Tamara Karsavina as Armide in Pavillon d Armide 1911.jpg
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- Tamara Karsavina
- date of birth
- 1885-03-09
- date of death
- 1978-05-26
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- カルサーヴィナ
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Family and early life
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