Kuka päivitti Tamara Toumanova?

Tamara Toumanova (Georgian: თამარა თუმანოვა; 2 March 1919 – 29 May 1996) was a Russian-born Georgian-American prima ballerina and actress. A child of exiles in Paris after the Russian Revolution of 1917, she made her debut at the age of 10 at the children's ballet of the Paris Opera.

She became known internationally as one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo after being discovered by her fellow émigré, balletmaster and choreographer George Balanchine. She was featured in numerous ballets in Europe. Balanchine featured her in his productions at Ballet Theatre, New York, making her the star of his performances in the United States. While most of Toumanova's career was dedicated to ballet, she appeared as a ballet dancer in several films, beginning in 1944. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943 in Los Angeles, California.

George Balanchine, syntyjään Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanšivadze, (georg. გიორგი ბალანჩივაძე, ven. Георгий Мелитонович Баланчивадзе, Georgi Melitonovitš Balantšivadze; 22. tammikuuta (J: 9. tammikuuta) 1904 Pietari, Venäjän keisarikunta – 30. huhtikuuta 1983 New York City, Yhdysvallat) oli pietarilaissyntyinen yhdysvaltalainen koreografi, yksi Yhdysvaltojen oman balettikulttuurin perustajia ja klassisen baletin uudistamisen uranuurtaja. Hän loi uuden neoklassiseksi kutsutun tyylin ja avarsi näin balettikäsitystä.

Balanchine loi uransa aikana satoja koreografioita, toiset moderneja, toiset klassisempia. Yhteistyössä Igor Stravinskyn kanssa syntyivät Apollo (1928), Orpheus (1948) ja Agon (1957).