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  1. 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.

  2. May 22, 2024 · Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia—died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was an Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav Nijinsky in Michel Fokine’s avant-garde ballets helped to revive interest in ballet in western Europe.

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  3. May 27, 1978 · Tamara Karsavina, one of the greatest ballerinas of her geneilation, died in her sleep at the age of 93 yesterday in the London nursing home where she had lived for the past few years, Reuters...

  4. Karsavina, Tamara (1885–1978) Outstanding dancer of her generation who helped introduce Russian ballet to Western audiences before World War I and, in later years, continued to exercise a major influence on the development of European ballet through her teaching and writing.

  5. Sep 10, 2013 · Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role in 'Giselle' in the...

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  6. Mar 9, 2021 · Today marks 136 years since the birth of Tamara Karsavina, the legendary Russian ballerina, and one of the founders of the RAD. Born in St. Petersburg in 1885, Karsavina’s early career saw her dance with the Imperial Ballet alongside her celebrated rival dancer Anna Pavlova, before appearing with the distinguished Diaghilev ballet in 1909 as ...

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  8. Tamara Karsavina. (1885-1978), Ballet dancer. Sitter in 35 portraits. The Russian-born ballet dancer Karsavina trained at the Imperial Ballet School and began her career at the Maryinsky Theatre, St Petersburg.

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