Irina Grjebine (1907–1994) was a

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who worked at the Opéra Russe de Paris and who later established a school of choreography and her own

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company. She was the daughter of Zinovii Grzhebin,a Russian publisher based in

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. With her sister Lya, she was trained in ballet by Ivan Koussov, Nicolas Legat and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grjebine, Irina 1907 births 1994 deaths Russian ballerinas Dancers from Saint Petersburg