Marina Eglevsky is an American
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
dancer born in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. She is the daughter of ballet star
Andre Eglevsky and ballerina Leda Anchutina Eglevsky. Marina studied at the
School of American Ballet and the
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spr ...
School. Marina performed professionally in
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...
's production of ''
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...
,'' with the Eglevsky Ballet Company, and as a guest in various companies and engagements.
At the age of fifteen, Marina Eglevsky joined the
Harkness Ballet
The Harkness Ballet (1964–1975) was a New ballet company named after its founder Rebekah Harkness. Harkness inherited her husband's fortune in Standard Oil holdings, and was a dance lover. Harkness funded Joffrey Ballet, but when they refused ...
Company and launched her own successful dance career. She later was principal dancer with the
Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the
Hamburg Ballet. She danced with dancers such as
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lawrence Rhodes,
Helgi Tomasson and skater John Curry. Eglevsky was a featured artist in the Broadway revival production of ''
Brigadoon'' under the direction of
Vivian Matalon and
Agnes de Mille.
Marina was taught classical ballet by her parents and legendary dancers such as George Balanchine and choreographer Michael Fokine.
References
External links
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Oakland Ballet Culture Vulture website
American musical theatre actresses
Harkness Ballet dancers
Living people
Actresses from New York City
Year of birth missing (living people)
American prima ballerinas
Singers from New York City
American people of Russian descent
21st-century American women
Hamburg Ballet dancers
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