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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Karen Kain, Anna Pavlova, Viengsay Valdes, Anastasia Volochkova, Darcey Bussell, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Viviana Durante, Andree Marliere, Rosella Hightower, Natalia Makarova, Maria Tallchief, Ulyana Lopatkina, Olga Spessivtseva, Tamara Karsavina, Sylvie Guillem, Cynthia Gregory, Emma Livry, Nina Ananiashvili, Agrippina Vaganova, Yvonne Chouteau, Lynn Seymour, Irma Nioradze, Nadia Nerina, Galina Mezentseva, Alina Cojocaru, Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Tamara Toumanova, Monica Loughman, Gelsey Kirkland, Marina Semyonova, Tatiana Stepanova, Ludmilla Tcherina, Ekaterina Maximova, Evelyn Hart, Natalia Magnicaballi, Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, Miyako Yoshida, Svetlana Beriosova, Beryl Goldwyn, Alexandra Danilova, Maryon Lane, Natalia Bessmertnova, Noralma Vera Arrata, Mia orak Slavenska, Jocelyn Vollmar, Tamara Rojo, Norma Fontenla, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tatiana Mamaki, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Diana Vishneva, Veronica Tennant, Altynai Asylmuratova, Olga Preobrajenska, Irina Kolpakova, Marjorie Tallchief, Mademoiselle Ambroisine, Ninel Kurgapkina, Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa, Ekaterina Vazem, Natalia Dudinskaya, Kathleen Gorham, Yekaterina Geltzer, Carla Fracci, Rowena Jackson, Vera Shvetsova, List of prima ballerinas, Yvette Chauvire, Avdotia Istomina, Margot Lander, Ekaterina Sankovskaya, Ludmila Semenyaka. Excerpt: Viengsay Valdes is a world-renowned Cuban ballerina and actress. Born in Havana, Viengsay Valdes moved at three months to Laos, where her father was the Cuban Ambassador. At age three, her family moved to the Seychelles. At six, she moved back to Havana, Cuba, where her grandmother continued her education. Viengsay began artistic gymnastics at age six. She put her first ballet shoes on at the age of nine, which is when she began her ballet studies at the Alejo Carpentier...
