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Karsavina

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[kahr-sah-vuh-nuh, kahr-sah-vyi-nuh] / kɑrˈsɑ və nə, kɑrˈsɑ vyɪ nə /

noun

  1. Tamara 1885–1978, Russian dancer.


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Her passion for dance, which she discovered when she was about 4, took her to London, where she studied with Ms. Karsavina and Marie Rambert.

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Karsavina, vice president of the Royal Academy of Dance until 1955, developed a teachers’ training course syllabus as well as other sections of the advanced exams.

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That motto was prescribed by Diaghilev’s great ballerina Tamara Karsavina.

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But before several dances on Friday night’s program, a screen at the front of the stage showed black-and-white photographs of legendary Mariinsky names: Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Enrico Cecchetti and Tamara Karsavina.

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Tamara Karsavina, Diaghilev’s Giselle and a famously intelligent ballerina, once said, “Leave the stage before the stage leaves you.”

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