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Léonide Massine

1896 - 1979

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Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (Russian: Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1896 – 15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, Les Présages, and many others in the same vein. Besides his "symphonic ballets," Massine choreographed many other popular works during his long career, some of which were serious and dramatic, and others lighthearted and romantic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léonide Massine has received more than 268,530 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Léonide Massine is the 44th most popular dancer (down from 41st in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Russia (down from 887th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Léonide Massine ranks 44 out of 116. Before him are Jules Perrot, Gaétan Vestris, Pierina Legnani, Zizi Jeanmaire, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Jiří Kylián. After him are Birju Maharaj, Lindsay Kemp, Maria Tallchief, Frederick Ashton, Louise Rasmussen, and Antonio Gades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Léonide Massine ranks 113. Before him are Josef Sudek, André Hunebelle, Richard Thorpe, Boris Podolsky, Na Hye-sok, and Eduardo Lonardi. After him are Erich Hückel, Fritz Heider, Anandamayi Ma, Richard Heidrich, Carl Ludwig Siegel, and Józef Czapski. Among people deceased in 1979, Léonide Massine ranks 96. Before him are Katharine Burr Blodgett, Morteza Motahhari, Ferenc Nagy, Vagif Mustafazadeh, José María Velasco Ibarra, and Joseph Alcazar. After him are David Butler, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Agop Dilâçar, Wilfred Bion, Jean Rhys, and Helmut Hasse.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 927 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Podolsky (1896), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Alexander Novikov (1900), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Georgy Babakin (1914), and Evgeny Kissin (1971). After him are Konstantin Leontiev (1831), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), Andrey II of Vladimir (1222), Ivan Yefremov (1908), and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 11. Before him are Tamara Karsavina (1885), Galina Ulanova (1910), George Balanchine (1904), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), and Lev Ivanov (1834). After him are Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), Olga Spessivtseva (1895), and Yury Grigorovich (1927).

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