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Alicia Markova

1910 - 2004

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Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta. Markova was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alicia Markova is the 75th most popular dancer (down from 71st in 2019), the 3,710th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,076th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Alicia Markova ranks 75 out of 116. Before her are Lydia Lopokova, Maria Tallchief, Vera Karalli, Marie Rambert, Alvin Ailey, and Sylvie Guillem. After her are Olga Spessivtseva, Kenneth MacMillan, Birgit Cullberg, Frankie Manning, Natalia Dudinskaya, and Joaquín Cortés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Alicia Markova ranks 260. Before her are Larysa Hienijuš, Iuliu Baratky, Paul Sweezy, Mary Lou Williams, Barys Kit, and David Dunlap. After her are Vladas Mikėnas, Mamadou Dia, Ralph Metcalfe, Georges Beuchat, Tefta Tashko-Koço, and Sulo Bärlund. Among people deceased in 2004, Alicia Markova ranks 219. Before her are Pat Roach, Jacques Noël, Alan Bullock, András Toma, Tini Wagner, and Natalya Baranskaya. After her are Abdul Rahman Munif, Skeeter Davis, José Luis Cuciuffo, Terry Melcher, André Hazes, and Frank Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alicia Markova ranks 3,711 out of 8,785. Before her are Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Clifford Curzon (1907), Sophie (1986), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), John Steel (1941), and Vic Buckingham (1915). After her are Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), David Frost (1939), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Ray Reardon (1932), Havergal Brian (1876), and Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745).

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Among DANCERS In United Kingdom

Among dancers born in United Kingdom, Alicia Markova ranks 3. Before her are Margot Fonteyn (1919), and Lindsay Kemp (1938). After her are Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Antony Tudor (1908), and Darcey Bussell (1969).

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