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Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979

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Personal name headingMassine, Leonide, 1896-1979
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Variant(s)Massine, Leonide Fedorovitch, 1896-1979
Mi︠a︡sin, Leonid, 1896-1979
Mi︠a︡sin, Leonid Fedorovich, 1896-1979
Mi︠a︡sin, L. F. (Leonid Fedorovich), 1896-1979
Birth date1896
Death date1979-03-15
Place of birthMoscow (Russia)
Place of deathBorken (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
AffiliationBallets russes Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Profession or occupationBallet dancers Choreographers
Found inAnthony, G. Massine, 1939.
Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ v balete, 1997: t.p. (Leonid Mi︠a︡sin; Leonid Fedorovich Mi︠a︡sin) CIP hdg. (Mi︠a︡sin L.F.) p. 17 (b. 1895)
Encyclopedia.com, 01-25-02 (Massine, Léonide, 1896-1979, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. Russia. Massine attended the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, and became principal dancer and choreographer for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe (1914-20) and for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1932-42). In the 1940s he worked in the United States with the Ballet Theatre)
American Ballet Theatre, www (Leonide Massine born in Moscow in 1896, Leonide Massine studied acting and dancing at the Imperial School in Moscow. Massine died in 1979)
Social security death index, Feb. 27, 2004 (Leonide Massine; b. July 27, 1896; d. Mar. 1979)
Léonide Massine and the 20th century ballet, 2004: t.p. (Léonide Massine, Russian choreographer)
www.Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001: (Léonide Massine, 1896-1979)
Wikipedia, Aug. 12, 2013 (Léonide Massine; Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (Russian: Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine; born 9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1896 in Moscow; died 15 March 1979 in Borken, Germany, was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. From 1915 to 1921 he was the principal choreographer of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Following the departure of Vaslav Nijinsky, the company's first male star, Massine became the preeminent male star)
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