Legat, Nadine (c. 1895–?)
Legat, Nadine (c. 1895–?)
Russian ballet dancer and teacher. Name variations: Nadine De Briger; Nadine Nicolaeva; Nadine Nicolaeva-Legat. Born Nadine De Briger, c. 1895, in St. Petersburg, Russia; m. Nicholai Legat (ballet dancer), late 1910s (died 1937).
One of the most influential ballet teachers in England, wrote numerous texts on the training of dance teachers; 1st performed with Bolshoi and Maryinsky ballets in 19th-century works; danced with husband to great acclaim in Coppélia (1925); founded boarding school of dance in Kent, England.
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