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A ballerina is a Female Ballet Dancer . A male ballet dancer is called a '''danseur'''. Although the term ''ballerina'' is used for any female ballet dancer, it was originally a rank given to an exceptional ballet soloist in the Russian Imperial Ballet . The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:
There were only two prime ballerine assolute in Imperial Russia – Pierina Legnani and Mathilde Kschessinska – and two prime ballerine assolute in Soviet Russia – Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya . In Cuba , the only prima ballerina assoluta, a title she still holds, was Alicia Alonso . In modern day England only one ballerina attained such status - Margot Fonteyn - a rank that she still holds, even in death. Cynthia Gregory holds the distinction in the United States of being its prima ballerina assoluta. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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