<P> Several methods exist in Russian ballet . The most widely used is the Vaganova method, named after the ballerina and teacher, Agrippina Vaganova . </P> <P> Many Russian dancers have gone on to reach worldwide acclaim; notable Russian dancers include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Nina Ananiashvili </Li> <Li> Altynai Asylmuratova </Li> <Li> Mikhail Baryshnikov </Li> <Li> Natalia Bessmertnova </Li> <Li> Vakhtang Chabukiani </Li> <Li> Natalia Dudinskaya </Li> <Li> Nikolai Fadeyechev </Li> <Li> Michel Fokine </Li> <Li> Yekaterina Geltzer </Li> <Li> Pavel Gerdt </Li> <Li> Elizaveta Gerdt </Li> <Li> Alexander Gorsky </Li> <Li> Alexander Godunov </Li> <Li> Anna Johansson </Li> <Li> Tamara Karsavina </Li> <Li> Mathilde Kschessinska </Li> <Li> Ekaterina Kondaurova </Li> <Li> Ekaterina Krysanova </Li> <Li> Nikolai Legat </Li> <Li> Sergei Legat </Li> <Li> Olga Lepeshinskaya </Li> <Li> Larissa Lezhnina </Li> <Li> Maris Liepa </Li> <Li> Ulyana Lopatkina </Li> <Li> Lydia Lopokova </Li> <Li> Natalia Makarova </Li> <Li> Vladimir Malakhov </Li> <Li> Léonide Massine </Li> <Li> Ekaterina Maximova </Li> <Li> Galina Mezentseva </Li> <Li> Mikhail Mordkin </Li> <Li> Irek Mukhamedov </Li> <Li> Vaslav Nijinsky </Li> <Li> Olesya Novikova </Li> <Li> Rudolf Nureyev </Li> <Li> Evgenia Obraztsova </Li> <Li> Alla Osipenko </Li> <Li> Natalia Osipova </Li> <Li> Veronika Part </Li> <Li> Anna Pavlova </Li> <Li> Maya Plisetskaya </Li> <Li> Olga Preobrajenska </Li> <Li> Farukh Ruzimatov </Li> <Li> Leonid Sarafanov </Li> <Li> Marina Semenova </Li> <Li> Polina Semionova </Li> <Li> Konstantin Sergeyev </Li> <Li> Alla Shelest </Li> <Li> Vladimir Shklyarov </Li> <Li> Alla Sizova </Li> <Li> Olga Smirnova </Li> <Li> Alina Somova </Li> <Li> Olga Spesivtseva </Li> <Li> Yulia Stepanova </Li> <Li> Vasily Tikhomirov </Li> <Li> Vera Trefilova </Li> <Li> Nikolay Tsiskaridze </Li> <Li> Galina Ulanova </Li> <Li> Agrippina Vaganova </Li> <Li> Ivan Vasiliev </Li> <Li> Vladimir Vasiliev </Li> <Li> Ekaterina Vazem </Li> <Li> Diana Vishneva </Li> <Li> Pierre Vladimiroff </Li> <Li> Vaslav Nijinsky </Li> <Li> Rudolf Nureyev </Li> <Li> Svetlana Zakharova </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862) </Li> <Li> The Little Humpbacked Horse (1864) </Li> <Li> Le Roi Candaule (1868) </Li> <Li> Don Quixote (1869) </Li> <Li> La Bayadère (1877) </Li> <Li> The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) (1890) </Li> <Li> The Nutcracker (1892) </Li> <Li> The Awakening of Flora (1894) </Li> <Li> Swan Lake (1895) </Li> <Li> Raymonda (1898) </Li> <Li> Harlequinade (1900) </Li> <Li> "The Firebird" (1910) </Li> <Li> Romeo and Juliet (1940) </Li> <Li> Cinderella (1945) </Li> </Ul>

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