Alexis Rassine was a South African ballet dancer, born in 1919 in Kaunas, who died in 1992.
Biography
Alexis Rassine (26 July 1919 – 25 July 1992) was a South African ballet dancer who enjoyed his greatest success with the Sadler's Wells Ballet in England in the 1940s and early 1950s. He is remembered as a classical dancer who made "a major contribution to British ballet" during wartime and "helped to keep the flag flying when all about was chaos and disaster."
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Contemporaries
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Yvonne Mounsey
dancer
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David Poole
South African ballet dancer
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Johaar Mosaval
South African ballet dancer
Pearl Argyle
South African ballet dancer and actor (1910-1947)
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Maude Lloyd
South African ballerina (1908-2004)
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Dulcie Howes
South African ballet dancer (1908–1993)
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Maryon Lane
South African ballet dancer (1931-2008)
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