Natalia Makarova
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{{Infobox actor
| name = Nataliya Makarova
| image = Replace this image female.svg
| imagesize = 180px
| caption =
| othername = Natasha Makarova
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1940|11|21}}
| birthplace = [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Russia]], [[USSR]]
| occupation = Ballet dancer, choreographer
| spouse = Edward Karkar
| yearsactive = 1950s-present
| tonyawards = '''[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Leading Actress in a Musical]]''' <br>1983 ''[[ On Your Toes ]]''
}}
'''Nataliya Romanovna Makarova''' (born [[November 21]], [[1940]]) is a Soviet-Russian-born American actress and former [[prima ballerina]].
==Biography==
Makarova was born in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] in former Soviet Russia. At the age of 12, she auditioned for the [[Leningrad Choreographic School]] (formerly the Imperial Ballet School), and was accepted although most students join the school at the age of 10. She was a permanent member of the [[Kirov Ballet]] in Leningrad from 1956 to 1970, achieving prima ballerina status during the 1960s. Soon after Makarova defected to the West in 1970, she began performing with the [[American Ballet Theatre]] in [[New York]] and the [[Royal Ballet]] in [[London]]. At first she was eager to expand her choreography by dancing ballets by modern choreographers. She remained most identified with classical roles such as Odette/Odile in ''[[Swan Lake]]'' and ''[[Giselle]]''; she was featured in the 1976 live American Ballet Theatre production of ''Swan Lake'', [[simulcast]] from [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]] on both [[PBS]] and [[NPR]]. Makarova continued to excel in many different roles.<ref name=britannica>{{cite web | author= | title=Natalia Makarova | url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9050225 | work=Encyclopædia Britannica | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online| date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref> most notably, her title role in ''[[Giselle]]''. She was slim and slight, and combined a delicacy and lyricism with impeccable classical training.
In 1976 Makarova married Edward Karkar, a businessman. Together they had a son, Andre Michael, in February of 1978.<ref name=ABT>{{cite web | title=Biography: Natalia Makarova | url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/makarova_n.html | publisher=American Ballet Theatre | date=2007 | accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref>
In 1989, Natalia Makarova returned to her home theater of the [[Kirov Ballet]] and was reunited with her family and with former colleagues and teachers, and family. Her emotional homecoming was documented in the film ''Makarova Returns''. After her performance at the Kirov, she retired from dancing, donating her shoes and costumes to the Kirov Museum. Today Makarova stages ballets such as ''[[Swan Lake]]'', ''[[La Bayadère]]'', and ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' for companies across the world.
In addition to being an internationally renowned ballerina, Makarova won a [[Tony Award]] for her performance in the show ''On Your Toes.'' She appeared as [[Lydia Lopokova]], (Lady Keynes) in ''Wooing in Absence'', compiled by [[Patrick Garland]]. It was first performed at [[Charleston Farmhouse]] and then at the [[Tate Britain]].
==Awards==
* Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Merited Artist <ref name=dod>{{cite web | author= | title=Natalia Makarova | url=http://www.answers.com/topic/makarova-natalia?cat=entertainment | work=The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref>
* 1965 Second International Ballet Competition Gold Medal, Varna, Bulgaria <ref name=ABT/>
* 1970 Anna Pavlova Prize, Paris
* 1983 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical - ''On Your Toes''
* 1983 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical - ''On Your Toes''
* 1983 Theatre World Special Award - ''On Your Toes''
* 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress - ''On Your Toes''
==Work==
===Repertoire===
Makarova danced with the Royal Ballet in ''Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, [[Giselle]], [[Les Sylphides]], [[L'histoire de Manon|Manon]], [[Cinderella (ballet)|Cinderella]], [[Serenade (ballet)|Serenade]], [[Les Biches]], [[Romeo and Juliet (ballet)|Romeo and Juliet]], [[Song of the Earth (ballet)|Song of the Earth]], [[Concerto (ballet)|Concerto]], [[A Month in the Country (ballet)|A Month in the Country]], [[Voluntaries]], [[Dances at a Gathering]], [[Elite Syncopations]], [[Rituals (ballet)|Rituals]], and [[Checkmate (ballet)|Checkmate]]''.
Makarova has performed as a guest artist with the [[Paris Opera Ballet]], [[National Ballet of Canada]], [[Stuttgart Ballet]], [[Royal Danish Ballet]], [[London Festival Ballet]], [[Maurice Béjart|Béjart]]'s Ballet of the 20th Century and [[Roland Petit]]'s Ballets de Marseille.<ref name=ABT/>
===Filmography===
* 1982 ''Swan Lake'' with the Royal Ballet, filmed 1980, [[Royal Opera House]], [[London]][[Anthony Dowell]] co-starring as Prince Siegfried.
* 1985'''American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco'' filmed 1985 at the [[War Memorial Opera House]], [[San Francisco]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Makarova | first=Natalia | coauthors= | title=A Dance Autobiography | location=New York | publisher=Alfred A. Knopf | year=1979 | isbn=0394501411}}
==External links==
{{Portal|Dance}}
* {{ibdb|51131}}
* {{imdb|538422}}
*[http://www.ballerinagallery.com/makarova.htm The Ballerina Gallery - Natalia Makarova]
*[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/MakarovaN.html Columbia Encyclopedia entry]
*[http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9371035/Natalia-Makarova Concise Encyclopedia Britannica entry]
{{TonyAward MusicalLeadActress 1976-2000}}
{{Lifetime|1940||Makarova, Natalia}}
[[Category:American ballet dancers]]
[[Category:Ballerinas]]
[[Category:Drama Desk Award winners]]
[[Category:People from Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Prima ballerinas]]
[[Category:Russian-Americans]]
[[Category:Russian ballet dancers]]
[[Category:Tony Award winners]]
[[Category:Theatre World Award winners]]
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