Who was the dancer at the highest rank at the National Ballet of Canada and American Ballet Theatre?
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Martine van Hamel Martine van Hamel (born 16 November 1945) is a Dutch choreographer, director, teacher, retired ballerina and former Principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada and American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She was a gold medalist at the biennial Varna International Ballet Competition, the most prestigious ballet competition in the world, held in Varna, Bulgaria. She is also a recipient of the Prix de Varna, a recognition rarely awarded, for best artistic interpretation in all categories. As a dancer, she was one of the leading classical ballerinas in America.
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Principal dancer A principal dancer (often shortened to principal) is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
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Arron Scott Arron Scott (born 1985) is an American ballet dancer and soloist with American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
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Alicia Markova Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta. Markova was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet.
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Mikko Nissinen Mikko Nissinen (born March 4, 1962) is a Finnish ballet dancer. He has danced with the Dutch National Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He is the Artistic Director of Boston Ballet, a position he has held since 2002.
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Tré Armstrong Tré Armstrong (born August 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress, choreographer and dancer.
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Joy Womack Joy Womack is an American ballet dancer. She is the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program, and the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet. She is currently a principal dancer at the Kremlin Ballet Theater in Russia.
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Frank Augustyn Frank Joseph Augustyn, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born January 27, 1953) is a Canadian ballet dancer and artistic director. He was principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada and the Berlin Opera Ballet.
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Mireille Hassenboehler Mireille Hassenboehler (born 1973) is an American former professional ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet until 2013.
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Alexander Godunov Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов ; November 28, 1949 – May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor, whose defection caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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José Manuel Carreño José Manuel Carreño (born 25 May 1968) is a retired Cuban ballet dancer, who performed as a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
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Marianela Núñez Marianela Núñez (born 23 March 1982) is an Argentine ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, London.
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Rex Harrington Rex Howard Harrington, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born October 30, 1962 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Greek-Canadian ballet dancer. In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2005, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is currently artist-in-residence at the National Ballet of Canada, and is a board member of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
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Arnold Spohr Arnold Theodore Spohr, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (December 23, 1923 – April 12, 2010) was a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director.
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Susan Jaffe Susan Jaffe (born 1962) is an American former ballerina and is a ballet mistress at American Ballet Theatre.
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Alyson Reed Alyson Reed (born January 11, 1958) is an American dancer and actress.
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Richard Cragun Richard Cragun (5 October 1944 – 6 August 2012) was an American ballet dancer who rose to international fame with the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany. He has been called a "prince of the ballet world" and "one of the most important dancers of the twentieth century."
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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Canada's Ballet Jörgen is Canada's fifth largest ballet company and the nation's only major ballet company with a repertoire consisting exclusively of original works. It was founded in 1987 by Susan Bodie and Bengt Jörgen and is based in Toronto, Ontario. The company also has hubs in Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Halifax. Many of Canada's Ballet Jörgen ballets have earned national and international recognition propelling the company to the forefront of the North American dance scene.
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Jonathan Cope (dancer) Jonathan Cope, CBE (born 1963) is a British ballet dancer, a former principal and current répétiteur with The Royal Ballet.
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David McAllister (dancer) David Graeme McAllister AM (born 26 November 1963) is the Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet and a former Principal Dancer with the company.
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Svetlana Lunkina Svetlana Aleksandrovna Lunkina (Russian: Светлана Александровна Лунькина ; born 29 July 1979) is a Russian ballerina who is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.
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The Australian Ballet The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd. and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and director Dame Peggy van Praagh as founding artistic director. Today, it is recognised as one of the world's major international ballet companies.