Alexis Rassine
(1919-1992)
Lithuanian ballet dancer
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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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Alec Raysman 26 July 1919 Kaunas, Lithuania
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| Died |
25 July 1992 (aged 72) Crawley, England
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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Leonard Woolf · Friend · 1880-1969 · English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant -
Ninette de Valois · Friend · 1898-2001 · British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet
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