The History of the Ballet Body: From Anna Pavlova to Misty Copeland Inline

  • Marie Taglioni
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    Marie Taglioni, 1850

  • Pierina Legnani
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    Pierina Legnani, c. 1891

  • Tamara Karsavina
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    Tamara Karsavina, 1915

  • Anna Pavlova
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    Anna Pavlova, 1924

  • Margot Fonteyn
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    Margot Fonteyn, 1950

  • Galina Ulanova
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    Galina Ulanova, 1956

  • Maria Tallchief
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    Maria Tallchief, 1960

  • Suzanne Farrell
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    Suzanne Farrell, 1964

  • Judith Jamison
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    Judith Jamison, 1983

  • Sylvie Guillem
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    Sylvie Guillem, 1992

  • Teresa Reichlen
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    Teresa Reichlen, 2004

  • Ulyana Lopatkina
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    Ulyana Lopatkina, 2006

  • Diana Vishneva
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    Diana Vishneva, 2007

  • Wendy Whelan
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    Wendy Whelan, 2007

  • Maria Kowroski
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    Maria Kowroski, 2008

  • misty copeland
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    Misty Copeland, 2014