Karsavina

[kahr-sah-vuh-nuh, kahr-sah-vyi-nuh]

noun

1. Tamara 1885–1978, Russian dancer.

Example Sentences

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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A close friend of Karsavina, he later became a much-loved teacher and worked closely with the Royal Academy of Dance.

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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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