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Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century.
Dame Alicia Markova (born December 1, 1910, London, England—died December 2, 2004, Bath) was an English ballerina noted for the ethereal lightness and poetic delicacy of her dancing.
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Jun 23, 2021 · Learn about the life and career of Alicia Markova, who became the first Jewish prima ballerina and one of the finest classical dancers of her generation. She danced with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, launched ballet in England, and passed on her legacy through teaching and choreography.
Mar 12, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Alicia Markova, who started dancing at eight and became a star of the Ballets Russes and the Vic-Wells Ballet. She also founded and led several companies, choreographed, taught, and received the highest title for a female dancer.
Aug 26, 2014 · In pre-First World War England, a frail, exotic-looking Jewish girl who learnt to dance in Muswell Hill and was so shy that she barely spoke a word until age six and was so sickly she needed to be...
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Dec 3, 2004 · Dame Alicia Markova, one of the greatest British ballerinas of the 20th century, co-founder of the company now known as the English National Ballet and a former director of the Metropolitan Opera...
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Dec 3, 2004 · Dame Alicia Markova, who died yesterday, a day after her 94th birthday, was the greatest British ballerina in history, even - some would have said - the greatest ballerina who ever lived; yet in...
