Danseuses

Margot Fonteyn
I've always had a fascination with ballerinas. They are graceful, almost ethereal, but still incredibly strong and determined. They are also great inspiration for names, as they come from so many different places and have so many names that I've never even heard of. Here are some of my favorites.

Eleanora Abbaganto
Ninette de Valois
Sorella Englund
Jurgita Dronina
Marie-Pierre Greve
Altynai Asylmuratova
Margot Fonteyn
Nadezhda Pavlova
Aurélie Dupont
Rowena Jackson
Mette Bødtcher
Gelsey Kirkland
Sylvie Guillem
Asta Bazeviciúte
Merrill Ashley
Dorothée Gilbert
Sue Jin Kang
Evgenia Obraztsova
Sofiane Sylve
Maria Tallchief
Rosella Hightower
Femke Mølbach Slot
Beryl Grey
Ninel Kurgapkina
Lis Jeppesen
Allegra Kent
Myriam Ould-Braham
Viengsay Valdés
Paloma Herrera
Georgina Parkinson
Letizia Giuliani
Mette-Ida Kirk
Tanaquil Le Clercq
Anneli Alhanko
Galina Stepanenko
Svetlana Lunkina
Pearl Argyle
Noëlla Pontois
Uliana Lopatkina
Ambra Vallo
Bridget Breiner
Tamara Rojo
Zenaida Yanowsky
Gitte Lindstrøm
Roberta Marquez
Martine van Hamel
Alla Mikhalchenko
Delphine Moussin
Irma Nioradze
Kaie Körb
Merle Park
Olesia Novikova
Egle Spokaite
Kaleria Fedicheva
Heidi Ryom
Silja Schandorff
Agnes Oaks
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
Clairemarie Osta
Ghislaine Thesmar
Ekaterina Osmolkina
Agrippina Vaganova
Violette Verdy
Yao Wei
Gillian Murphy
Veronika Ivanova
Elsa-Marianne von Rosen
Nathalie Nordquist
Elaine Fifield
Mathilde Kschessinska
Lycette Darsonval
Antonella Albano
Lorna Feijóo
Darcey Bussell
Raisa Struchkova
Zhanna Ayupova

Comments

  1. UnknownJune 6, 2014 at 6:39 PM

    oh my, thank you soooo much Bree!! you are a darling!! I can't believe how "together" you are at your age! I have every faith that whatever you set out to do will happen!

    Thank you for my FAV Ballerinas!!!! Actually Ballerinas ARE my fav people :) LOVELOVELOVE the Ballet. Bless you for this AWES post!!! <3

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