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Artistic Advisor Emeritus Nathalie Krassovska.

She was privately tutored for her ballerina roles by Madame Nathalie Krassovska.

Nathalie Krassovska, who has died aged 86, was a Russian-Scottish ballerina of great beauty and eccentric personality, and played a leading role.

Nathalie Krassovska, former prima ballerina of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo and the London Festival Ballet.

The third-generation Russian ballerina Nathalie Krassovska put down roots in Dallas and founded a school.

Nathalie Krassovska, who has died aged 86, was a Russian-Scottish ballerina of great beauty and eccentric personality, and played a leading role.!

Nathalie Krassovska

Nathalie "Natasha" Krassovska (1918–2005) was a Russian born prima ballerina and teacher of classical ballet most noted for her work with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

Following her decades-long career, she moved to the U.S., where she founded the Krassovska Ballet Jeunesse. Krassovska taught, choreographed and performed until her death.

Early life

Krassovska was born Nathalie Leslie in Petrograd, the daughter of a Russian mother and Scottish father.

Nathalie Krassovska (Leslie) was born in Lennigrad in Her mother was a dancer with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and her grandmother was a soloist with the.

Depending on the source her birthdate is recorded as June 1 or June 3, with the year ranging from 1917 to 1919, most frequently 1918.^[1]^[2] Her grandmother was a soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet; her mother Lydia Krassovska was a dancer with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Young Nathalie began her ballet studies with her grandmother, but her formal training took place in Europe. In Paris, she trained with Olga Preobrajenska, St Petersburg's pre-Revolutionary prima ballerina. In London,