Leonid Myasin

Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (August 9 1896 Moscow - March 15 1979 Cologne) was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. From 1915 to 1921 he was the principal choreographer of the Les Ballets Russes de Diaghilev.

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August 9 - 1896 - Moscow - March 15 - 1979 - Cologne - Russian - Choreographer - 1915 - 1921

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Myasin appeared in the two Powell and Pressburger ballet films: The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951); and in Powell's later Luna de miel (1959). He is credited as Léonide Massine.

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Powell and Pressburger - The Red Shoes - 1948 - The Tales of Hoffmann - 1951 - 1959

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He died at the age of 82 in Cologne, West Germany.

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