Person    | Male  Born 9/8/1896  Died 1979

Leonide Massine

Categories: Dance

Countries: Russia

Born Moscow. Ballet dancer and choreographer. Principle choreographer of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes.
Appeared in films The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1952). Died in Cologne.

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Leonide Massine

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