Sergei Polunin is a Soviet-born ballet dancer, model, and actor. He is of mixed ethnicity, but has "always regarded himself as Russian". He started training in gymnastics at the age of four and then switched to ballet. At 19, he became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix de Lausanne.
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Sergei Polunin
(Ballet Dancer)
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Birthdate: November 20, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kherson, Ukraine
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Irina Dvorovenko
(Ukrainian-American Actress and Former Ballet Dancer)
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Birthdate: August 28, 1973
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union USSR
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Serge Lifar
(One of the Greatest Male Ballet Dancers of the 20th Century)
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Birthdate: April 15, 1905
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
Died: December 15, 1986
Serge Lifar was a French ballet dancer of Ukrainian origin. Widely regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest male ballet dancers, Lifar served as a ballet master from 1930 to 1944 at the famous Paris Opera. From 1947 to 1958, he worked towards restoring the Paris Opera Ballet's reputation as one of the best in the world.
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Yulia Meltzer
(Jewish Ukrainian Ballerina and the Daughter-in-Law of Joseph Stalin)
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Birthdate: 1911 AD
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: 1968 AD
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Vladimir Malakhov
(Legendary Ukrainian Ballet Dancer)
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Birthdate: January 7, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine