biography
| name: |
Borovansky, Edouard
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pronunciation:
[borovanskee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1902–59)
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| biography:
| Dancer, choreographer, and ballet director, born in Přerov, E Czech Republic. He studied at Prague's National Theatre and School, prior to dancing with Anna Pavlova's company. A soloist in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1932–9), he stayed on in Melbourne during an Australian tour, opening a ballet school with his wife Xenia Nikolaeva in 1940. Out of this grew the Borovansky Ballet (1942), which proved to be a major influence on the Australian Ballet when it was formed 20 years later. |
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