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Also Known As Maurice-Jean de Berger
Born January 1, 1927 • Marseille • France
Died November 22, 2007 (aged 80) • Lausanne • Switzerland • (Died on this day)
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (1993)

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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Eliot Feld
American dancer
Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
Yuri Grigorovich
Yuri Grigorovich
Russian dancer and choreographer