DANCER

Yvette Chauviré

1917 - 2016

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Yvette Chauviré ([i.vɛt ʃo.vi.ʁe]; 22 April 1917 – 19 October 2016) was a French prima ballerina assoluta and actress. She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the mentor of another pair of well-known prima ballerinas named, Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yvette Chauviré has received more than 121,691 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yvette Chauviré is the 66th most popular dancer, the 3,890th most popular biography from France and the 13th most popular French Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Yvette Chauviré ranks 66 out of 116. Before her are John Cranko, Ninette de Valois, Jean Coralli, John Neumeier, Vladimir Vasiliev, and Tamara Khanum. After her are Lydia Lopokova, Vera Karalli, Olga Preobrajenska, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Alicia Markova, and Olga Spessivtseva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Yvette Chauviré ranks 199. Before her are Pío Leyva, Adolfo Consolini, Barry Commoner, Victor Marijnen, Gloria Fuertes, and Minoru Chiaki. After her are Knut Haugland, Virginia Grey, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Carlsson, Leandro Remondini, and Helen Suzman. Among people deceased in 2016, Yvette Chauviré ranks 260. Before her are Marc Riboud, Billy Paul, Marco Pannella, Ernst Neizvestny, Abdul Sattar Edhi, and Leonid Zhabotinsky. After her are Faina Melnik, Anita Brookner, Pedro de Felipe, Raoul Coutard, Afeni Shakur, and Giovanni Coppa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yvette Chauviré ranks 3,890 out of 6,770. Before her are Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Daniel Boulanger (1922), Hervé Faye (1814), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Victor Massé (1822), and Philippe Mexès (1982). After her are Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867), Éléonore de Roye (1535), Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (1018), Daniel Balavoine (1952), Gaston Defferre (1910), and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Yvette Chauviré ranks 13. Before her are Roland Petit (1924), Jules Perrot (1810), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Micheline Bernardini (1927), and Jean Coralli (1779). After her are Sylvie Guillem (1965).

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