Ballet dancers?

Who are some famous ballet dancers throughout time?

Preferably someone who lived an interesting life.

Have to do a research project and presentation.

Thanks so much!

Ballet dancers?extension

ummm...im kinda a ballet ferak so..here are a few:

Fernando Bujones-american ballet comp.

Rochard Schaeffer-american ballet comp.

Dermot Burke-Joffrey Ballet comp.

Richard Rapp-nyc ballet comp.

Denise Jackson-Joffrey Ballet comp.

Cynthia Gregory-American Ballet comp.

Natalie Makarova-American ballet comp.

Carla Fracci-Amercian ballet comp.

Allessandra Ferrari-idk wat comp. she danced for(sorry if i spelled her name wrong)

umm..i dnt kno if they lived interestin lives but ive heard of them and i kno theyre famous...ive heard of some more so if you need em'...just e-mail me! hope i helped!!

Ballet dancers?movie theater opera theater

Don't forget Barishnikoff!
http://www.zeroland.co.nz/ind2.html

there's a whole bunch from all over the world on this website and it has like short bios on the too
i would do the project on one of the baby ballerinas

tamara toumanova

irina baronova

and

tatiana riabouchinska

they were all dancing with the ballet russe de monte carlo doing major roles when they were in their teen years.

if you choose to do your report on one of them, you should watch the ballet russe movie. here is the website for the movie

http://www.balletsrussesmovie.com/
Anna Pavlova was a Russian dancer of the early 20th century, and one of the most famous ballet dancers to date. Very petite and ethereal with a classic beauty, her Giselle was very enchanting. The Dying Swan was choreographed for her by Michel Fokine.

Margot Fonteyn, an English dancer, was another. In fact, she was considered one of the greatest dancers of her time. She had a great stage presence. She was partnered with Nureyev after he defected to the West, and in them, one of the greatest partnership in ballet was witnessed.

For famous dancers of this century, however, you can try looking up Darcey Bussel (one of the last British principals in the Royal Ballet, who retired earlier this year), Svetlana Zakharova, Polina Semionova, Alessandra Ferri (retired also). And the Paris Opera Ballet premier danseuse/etoiles Marie Agnes Gillot, Agnes Letestu and Aurelie Dupont. Also Nina Aniashvilli and Sylvie Guillem. And Vladimir Malakhov of Staatsballet Berlin.
alicia alonso....she was blind and still could dance!!!

i also love anna pavlova and margot fonteyn

here try this website....its got a ton of ballerinas

www.ballerinagallery.com
Cynthia Harvey (Retired, ABT)

Marie Taglioni (Amazing, First woman to dance a full ballet on pointe)

Anna Pavlova (very famous Dancer)

Carlotta Grisi (First Giselle!)

Mikhail Baryshnikov (Most famous male dancer)

George Balanchine

Nina Ananaishivili (ABT, principal dancer)

Alessandra Ferri

Julie Kent (beautiful, beautiful dancer. ABT)
a half indian dancer named maria tallcheif had to struggle a litle because she was half black-her story is amazing.

other dancers are

-anna pavlova

-Irek Mukhamedov,

-Vaslav Njinsky,

-Nureyev,

-Sir Robert Helpman,

-Wayne Sleep,

-Darci Bustle,

-Sylive Gullium,

-Peter Schaufuss,

-Anthony Dowell,

-Patrick Dupond,

-Erik Bruhn,

-Nacho Duato,

-George Balanchine,

-Mikhail Baryshnikov,

-Margot Fontyn,

-Gillian Murphy,

-Darci Kistler,

-Peter Martins,

-Alessandra Ferri,

-Angel Corrella
Well theres so many. My personal favorite was Anna Pavlova. She's very famous and you can find out a lot about her in books and websites! Plus she was one of the first ones to dance Odete in Swan Lake.