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Léonide Massine

1896 - 1979

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Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (Russian: Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1896 – 15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, Les Présages, and many others in the same vein. Besides his "symphonic ballets," Massine choreographed many other popular works during his long career, some of which were serious and dramatic, and others lighthearted and romantic. He created some of his most famous roles in his own comic works, among them the Can-Can Dancer in La Boutique fantasque (1919), the Hussar in Le Beau Danube (1924), and, perhaps best known of all, the Peruvian in Gaîté Parisienne (1938). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léonide Massine is the 45th most popular dancer (down from 44th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from Russia (up from 927th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Léonide Massine ranks 45 out of 116. Before him are Yury Grigorovich, Louise Rasmussen, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Ninette de Valois, and Zizi Jeanmaire. After him are Frederick Ashton, Pierina Legnani, Gaétan Vestris, Jiří Kylián, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Enrico Cecchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Léonide Massine ranks 112. Before him are Tadj ol-Molouk, He Long, Heimito von Doderer, Erich Hückel, Philip Showalter Hench, and Charlie Rivel. After him are Richard Thorpe, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Manuel A. Odría, Josef Sudek, Józef Czapski, and Hans Cramer. Among people deceased in 1979, Léonide Massine ranks 94. Before him are Antonio Caggiano, Waldemar de Brito, Dolores Costello, Teruo Nakamura, Katharine Burr Blodgett, and Morteza Motahhari. After him are José Della Torre, Gio Ponti, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Ethel Smith, Zhang Guotao, and Preguinho.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 888 out of 3,761. Before him are Nina Bari (1901), Alfred Clebsch (1833), Marat Safin (1980), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), and Igor Ansoff (1918). After him are Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Yury Romanenko (1944), Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), Vera Krepkina (1933), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), and Dmitry Laptev (1701).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 12. Before him are George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Yury Grigorovich (1927). After him are Olga Preobrajenska (1871), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), Olga Spessivtseva (1895), and Avdotia Istomina (1799).

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