Kings of ballet dance: Margot fonteyn

The ballet dancer of all time suits well to Margot Fonteyn and she is an excellent ballet dancer of 20th century. Let us see how her Margot started her dancing career. At the age of eight she started to learn ballet from the Russian teacher and at the age of fourteen she joined the ballet school to learn ballet. At the age of twenty she performed a role in Giselle and swan lake and at the age of thirty she toured the united states of America and became as the most famous celebrity due to her performances.

At the age of 21 she and her dance partner Robert helpmann toured several countries and her passion towards balled dance had not stopped. Most of them thought she would retire, but at the age of 43 she paired and danced with the male ballet dancer Rudolf nureyev and it happened to be a successful performance. During her entire career life she danced for the royal ballet and she was honored with the title prima ballerina assoluta. She did many main roles and got many awards and honors such as dbe, women of achievement and she was also a chancellor of university of Durham. The great dancer life was ended at the age of sixty in panama

Kings of ballet dance: Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov is always sited as the best ballet dancer of the 20 century. His talent sprung at a very young age. But the opportunity windows were very limited in the Soviet system where he grew up. Being shorter than most of the dancers he could not tower over a ballerina and was offered only secondary parts. Even more frustrating truth Baryshnikov noted was the classical styles that the Soviet system wedged to and new creative talents of the west were purposely ignored.

"It doesn't matter if every ballet is a success or not," - Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov "The new experience gives me a lot." His passion to learn new modern techniques and mix contemporary art to Ballet Baryshnikov moved to Canada. Baryshnikov’s decision to devote his full attentions to the New York Company stunned the dance world. George Balanchine never welcomed guest artists but he trained Baryshnikov in his distinctive style and Baryshnikov accomplished in such signature roles as Apollo, Prodigal Son, and Rubies. "It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity and making an earnest attempt.” After performing several successful roles he became the director of American Ballet Theatre in 1980. "Dancing is living" for Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Kings of ballet dance: Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova, the finest classical dancer of the late 19th century and early 20th century and she was the first ballet dancer to tour all around the world. She struggled a lot to pursue her career and her mother was a laundress and she started to love the ballet when she saw the performance of maruis petipa’s show of sleeping beauty and she wanted to learn ballet at her early age and she was rejected by the imperial ballet school at the age of eight.

Anna Pavlova's first ballet stage appearance was in the age of ten in maruis petipa’s the fairy tale. She struggled a lot to reach the position of a great dancer and her sickly appearance was criticized by her fellow mates. She learned from many teachers and improved her performance and made her first official appearance in mariinsky theater. Her stunned performance was praised by a famous critics and historian nikolai bezobrazov. She became a favorite of her old maestro petipa’s and due to her performance she was called by many names such as coryphée, Giselle and pavlovatzi. She is known for her portrayal of swan in the dying swan and swan lake. She was introduced to the audience of united states from 1914 to 1917. she quoted many quotes and one of the quotes that impressed me a lot is “What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal”. The great ballet dancer died for the dance while she was instructed to have an operation for pneumonia and said that she could not dance after her operation. She didn’t have that operation and said. “If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead”.

Kings of Ballet dance: Roberto Bolle

Roberto Bolle an outstanding performer of ballet dance is also known for his athletic body. He is a talented dancer and started his dancer training at the young age of 12. From there his dancing career started to glow well and he performed dances in various stages and countries. He was an ambassador of UNICEF since 1999 and he has appeared in various fashion and style magazines.

Bolle performed a solo ballet performance in the opening ceremony of winter 2006 Olympic Games and it was broadcasted worldwide and he performed in front of 2.5 billion people. His performance credits goes on and he performed a dance in Queen Elizabeth’s place in Buckingham palace where it was shown live by BBC and broadcasted to all common wealth countries. His unique combination of physical beauty, power, and elegance has aided in his becoming one of the world's most recognized dance celebrities. He is also a social helper where he raised a fund of $ 655,000 for education and health projects in Sudan. Roberto Bolle is one of the international dancers who danced in all internationally renowned ballet companies like royal ballet, national ballet of Canada, Tokyo ballet and more.

Ballet dance: Kings of ballet dance

There is no age limit to start learning dance. You may get inspired at 6 or even at 60. It’s simply the passion that should drive you to learn dancing. Without passion, learning an art is impossible or it becomes artificial.

It is this passion for dance that has given us some of the best dancers in the world or we shall crown them the “Kings of Ballet Dance”. In this page you will discover some of the best ballet dancers and what has put them in that grand and amiable position.

It is a very difficult task to short list a few and crown them as Kings of ballet dance, but I have tried my best not to miss out the best. There are a range of famous dancers spawned across centuries who have devoted their lives for the art of dance. Here is a short synopsis of some of the greatness that I would be sharing here…

• Mikhail Nikolayevich: Best ballet dancer of the 20th century
• Roberto Bolle: An outstanding performer
• Anna Pavlova: The Finest Dancer in the History
• Margot fonteyn: The ballet dancer of all time
• Rudolf nureyev: The Tatar ballet dancer
• Mikhail Baryshnikov: The ballet dancer of 20th century