Nadia Nerina
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| Nadia Nerina | |
 Nadia Nerina as Lise and David Blair as Colas in the Pas de Ruban from the premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée, London, 1960
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| Born | October 21, 1927  Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Spouse | Charles Gordon |
Nadia Nerina (born 21 October 1927) is a retired South African ballerina. She was born Nadine Judd and only began taking ballet lessons because of her weak feet.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Nerina was born in Cape Town. In 1945, she began training under Marie Rambert at the Ballet Rambert before moving to the Sadler's Wells Ballet School. In 1946, she joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. She became a prima ballerina in 1952. In 1960, she appeared as a guest artist with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Kiev Ballet in Leningrad. She retired at the age of forty in 1969.
[edit] Roles she created
- Howard's Mardi gras, 1946
- Ashton's Cinderella, 1948
- Homage to the Queen, 1953
- Variations on a Theme by Purcell, 1955
- Birthday Offering, 1956
- La Fille mal gardée, 1960
- MacMillan's Noctambules , 1956
- Helpmann's Elektra, 1963
- Darrell's Home, 1965
[edit] Personal life
She is married to Charles Gordon, a banker, and they live in France.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Recollections of Nadia Nerina
- Encyclopædia Britannica Article on Nadia Nerina
- Nadia Nerina at Answers.com
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- Nadia Nerina in the March 1998 Ballet Magazine
- Nadia Nerina at the Ballerina Gallery
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