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Nataliya Romanovna Makarova (born November 21, 1940) is a retired ballet dancer. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance See also,,, A ballerina ( Italian for female dancer) is a Female Ballet Dancer; the male equivalent to this title

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Biography

Makarova was born November 21, 1940 in Leningrad in the USSR. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 At the age of 12, she auditioned for the Leningrad Choreographic School (formerly the Imperial Ballet School), and was accepted although most students join the school at the age of 10. The Vaganova Ballet Academy is probably the most famous and influential Classical ballet school in the world She was a permanent member of the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad from 1956 to 1970, achieving prima ballerina status during the 1960s. The Mariinsky Ballet, is an internationally renowned Classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Due to both personal and professional unhappiness, Makarova decided to defect to the West while on tour in 1970.

After she defected, she performed with the American Ballet Theatre in New York and the Royal Ballet in London. See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned Classical ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. At first she was eager to expand her choreography by dancing ballets by modern choreographers. She remained most identified with classical roles such as Odette / Odile in Swan Lake and Giselle; she was featured in a notable 1976 live ABT production of Swan Lake, simulcast from Lincoln Center on both PBS and NPR. Swan Lake ( Лебединое Озеро, Lebedinoye Ozero) is a Ballet, op Giselle is a Ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts 2 scenes with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the According to the 2004 Britannica, "Makarova's magnificent technique and acting sensibilities allowed her to excel in many different roles". The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc [1] She is remembered primarily for her title role in Giselle. Giselle is a Ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts 2 scenes with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile She was slim and slight, and combined a delicacy and lyricism with impeccable classical training.

In 1976 Makarova married Edward Karkar, a businessman. Together they had a son, Andre Michael, in February of 1978. [2]

In 1989, Natalia Makarova returned to her home theater of the Kirov Ballet and was reunited with her family and with former colleagues and teachers, and family. The Mariinsky Ballet, is an internationally renowned Classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Her emotional homecoming was documented in the film Makarova Returns. After her performance at the Kirov, she retired from dancing, donating her shoes and costumes to the Kirov Museum. Today Makarova stages ballets such as Swan Lake, La Bayadère, and Sleeping Beauty for companies across the world. Swan Lake ( Лебединое Озеро, Lebedinoye Ozero) is a Ballet, op La Bayadère ( The Temple Dancer) ( Russian Баядерка - Bayaderka) is a Ballet, originally staged in four acts

In addition to being an internationally renowned ballerina, Makarova won a Tony Award for her performance in the show On Your Toes. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented She appeared as Lydia Lopokova, (Lady Keynes) in Wooing in Absence, compiled by Patrick Garland. Lydia Vasilyevna Lopokova Baroness Keynes ( October 21, 1892 - June 8, 1981; Лидия Васильевна Лопухова was a famous Patrick Garland (born April 10, 1935) is an actor and a director of British theatre television and film and a writer It was first performed at Charleston Farmhouse and then at the Tate Britain. Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury group is a unique example of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant 's decorative style within a domestic context Tate Britain is a part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

Repertoire

Makarova danced with the Royal Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Les Sylphides, Manon, Cinderella, Serenade, Les Biches, Romeo and Juliet, Song of the Earth, Concerto, A Month in the Country, Voluntaries, Dances at a Gathering, Elite Syncopations, Rituals, and Checkmate. Giselle is a Ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts 2 scenes with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Les Sylphides is a short non-narrative ballet blanc. Its original Choreography was by Mikhail Fokine, with music by L'histoire de Manon is a Ballet comprising the music of Jules Massenet, arranged and partially orchestrated by British Cinderella (Op 87 is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944 See also List of New York City Ballet repertory, NYCB 2009 Winter Repertory, NYCB 2008 Winter Repertory Serenade is a ballet by See also List of New York City Ballet repertory Les Biches is a ballet by Francis Poulenc, premiered by the Ballets Russes Romeo and Juliet (Op 64 (Ромео и Джульетта is a Ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare 's play Romeo See also List of New York City Ballet repertory, NYCB 2009 Winter Repertory, NYCB 2008 Spring Repertory Dances at a Gathering is

Makarova has performed as a guest artist with the Paris Opera Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, London Festival Ballet, Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century and Roland Petit's Ballets de Marseille. The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official Ballet company of the Opéra national de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though The National Ballet of Canada is Canada 's largest Ballet troupe Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German Ballet company which rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko in Stuttgart. The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest Ballet troupes in Europe. English National Ballet is a renowned Classical ballet company based at Markova House in London, England. Maurice Béjart ( January 1, 1927 – November 22, 2007) was a French and Swiss Choreographer who ran the Roland Petit (b 13 January, 1924) is a French Choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble near Paris France. [2]

Awards

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Preceded by
Jennifer Holliday
in Dreamgirls		 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1983
for On Your Toes		 Succeeded by
Chita Rivera
in The Rink

Further reading

Notes

  1. ^ Natalia Makarova in Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ a b c [1]in ABT
  3. ^ [2] in Dictionary of Dance
  4. ^ [3] in Dictionary of Dance
  5. ^ [4]in IMDb

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