Ballet dancer Nureyev Crossword Clue

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NUREYEV (noun)
1. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
BALLET (noun)
1. a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
2. music written for a ballet

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