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