Ballerina

A ballerina is a female ballet dancer.

Related Topics:
Female - Ballet - Dancer

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Although the term ballerina is used for any female ballet dancer it was originally a rank given to an exceptional ballet soloist in the Russian Imperial ballet companies. The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:

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• prima ballerina assoluta
• prima ballerina
• ballerina
• premieres danseur
• soloist
• coryphee
• corps de ballet

There were only two prima ballerina assoluta in Imperial Russia - Pierina Legnani and Mathilde Kschessinska, and two prima ballerina assoluta in Soviet Russia - Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya

Related Topics:
Pierina Legnani - Mathilde Kschessinska - Galina Ulanova - Maya Plisetskaya

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