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Yvette Chauviré

1917 - 2016

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Yvette Chauviré ([i.vɛt ʃo.vi.ʁe]; 22 April 1917 – 19 October 2016) was a French prima ballerina assoluta and actress. She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the mentor of another pair of well-known prima ballerinas named, Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. She was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvette Chauviré is the 65th most popular dancer (up from 66th in 2019), the 3,999th most popular biography from France (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Yvette Chauviré ranks 65 out of 116. Before her are Lucile Grahn, Hans van Manen, Micheline Bernardini, Adam Darius, Olga Preobrajenska, and John Cranko. After her are Vakhtang Chabukiani, Tamara Khanum, Vladimir Vasiliev, Lydia Lopokova, Maria Tallchief, and Vera Karalli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Yvette Chauviré ranks 206. Before her are Charles Drake, Minoru Chiaki, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Ann Rutherford, Robert Byrd, and J. L. Mackie. After her are Olga Sanfirova, Steno, Tetyana Yablonska, Helena Rasiowa, Christiane Rochefort, and Kusuo Kitamura. Among people deceased in 2016, Yvette Chauviré ranks 280. Before her are László Sárosi, Yang Jiang, Alphons Egli, Pen Sovan, Garry Shandling, and Jimmy Bain. After her are Rune Larsson, Pierre Aubert, Ken Adam, Raoul Coutard, Abu Ali al-Anbari, and Afeni Shakur.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yvette Chauviré ranks 3,999 out of 6,770. Before her are Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878), Jacques Barrot (1937), Judith Gautier (1845), Roger Carel (1927), Victor Schœlcher (1804), and Robert Herbin (1939). After her are François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), Richard Berry (1950), François Picard (1921), and Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Yvette Chauviré ranks 13. Before her are La Goulue (1866), Roland Petit (1924), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Jean Coralli (1779), and Micheline Bernardini (1927). After her are Sylvie Guillem (1965).

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