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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 245,056 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Léonide Massine is the 41st most popular dancer (down from 37th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from Russia (down from 688th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Dancer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Léonide Massine ranks 41 out of 76. Before him are August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Lev Ivanov, Olga Khokhlova, Alexander Godunov, and Zizi Jeanmaire. After him are Pierina Legnani, Jiří Kylián, Carla Fracci, Gaétan Vestris, Enrico Cecchetti, and Louise Rasmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Léonide Massine ranks 107. Before him are Pierre Jeanneret, Zygmunt Berling, Josef Sudek, Ludwik Fleck, Erich Hückel, and Carl Ludwig Siegel. After him are John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Fritz Heider, Carl Zuckmayer, Charlie Rivel, Anandamayi Ma, and Henry Allingham. Among people deceased in 1979, Léonide Massine ranks 91. Before him are Wilfred Bion, Waldemar de Brito, Marcel L'Herbier, James J. Gibson, Catherine Hessling, and Santos Urdinarán. After him are Immanuel Velikovsky, August Heissmeyer, Walther Gerlach, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, and Henrich Focke.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 889 out of 3,262. Before him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Konstantin Balmont (1867), Vladimir Fock (1898), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Vladimir Stasov (1824), and Vasily Tropinin (1776). After him are Eleanor of Prussia (1583), Yusuf Akçura (1876), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), Oleg Salenko (1969), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), and Alexander Novikov (1900).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Léonide Massine ranks 11. Before him are George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Alexander Godunov (1949). After him are Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Vera Karalli (1889), Olga Spessivtseva (1895), and Avdotia Istomina (1799).

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