Tanaquil LeClerq

Tanaquil LeClerq was born in Paris, France in 1929.

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Paris, France - 1929

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She was the principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, but her dancing career was ended when she was stricken with polio and paralyzed from the waist down. She began teaching and as one student recalled: "She used her hands and arms as legs and feet".

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She was the fourth and last wife of George Balanchine, but not his last muse.

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LeClerq died in 2000 in New York City.

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2000 - New York City

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