• Basilio Pyotr - Basilio is for the character in Don Quixote; Pyotr is for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the composer
  • Carlos Fonteyn - Carlos is for Carlos Acosta, the ballet dancer; Fonteyn is for Margot Fonteyn, the Prima Ballerina Assoluta
  • Christopher Échappé - Christopher is for Christopher Wheeldon, the contemporary ballet choreographer; an Échappé is a step in ballet.
  • Clara Petrushka - Clara is for the character in The Nutcracker; Petrushka is for the ballet of the same name
  • Dulcinea Loie - Dulcinea is for the character in Don Quixote; Loie is for the French dancer Loie Fuller, who was an early free dance practitioner
  • Esmeralda Sissonne - Esmeralda is for La Esmeralda, the ballet; a Sissone is a ballet step
  • Frederick Firebird - Frederick is for Frederick Ashton, the Royal Ballet choreographer; Firebird is for the ballet, The Firebird and for the leap.
  • Galina Odette - Galina is for the Soviet prima ballerina assoluta Galina Ulanova and also for Russian ballerina Galina Mezentseva; Odette is for The White Swan in Swan Lake
  • Isadora Kitri - Isadora is for Isadora Duncan, the modern dancer; Kitri is for the character in Don Quixote
  • Louis Allegro - Louis is for Louis XIV, who founded the first ballet school and the first professional performing company; Allegro means 'happy' and refers to brisk, lively motion, it is used in ballet to refer to all jumps, regardless of tempo, and is also a category of exercises found in a traditional ballet class.
  • Margot Coppélia - Margot is for Margot Fonteyn, the Prima Ballerina Assoluta; Coppélia is for the ballet of the same name
  • Marianela Plum - Marianela is for Marianela Núñez, the Argentinian ballerina; Plum is for the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker
  • Marius Benno - Marius is for Marius Petipa, who is considered to be one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history; Benno is for the character in Swan Lake
  • Matthew Balanchine - Matthew is for Sir Matthew Bourne, the choreographer; Balanchine is for George Balanchine, the choreographer and founder of the New York City Ballet
  • Mikhail Danseur - Mikhail is for Mikhail Baryshnikov, who is considered to be one of the greatest dancers of all time; Danseur is the French word for dancer
  • Pierre Vaslav - Pierre is for Pierre Beauchamp who developed the five positions of classical ballet; Vaslav is for Vaslav Nijinsky, who was one of the most talented male ballet dancers of the early 20th century.
  • Rudolf Adagio - Rudolf is for Rudolf Nureyev, who was another exceptional male ballet dancer; Adagio means 'slowly, at ease'and is a ballet term referring to slow movements performed with fluidity and grace and it is also one of the typical exercises of a traditional ballet class and a section of a grand pas.
  • Sylvie Corsaire - Sylvie is for the French ballerina, Sylvie Guillem; Corsaire is for the ballet Le Corsaire.
  • Tamara Études - Tamara is for Tamara Rojo, a Royal Ballet ballerina and director of the ENB; Études is for the ballet Études
  • Tatiana Swan - Tatiana is for the character in the ballet Onegin and also refers to the many ballerinas with the name; Swan is for the ballet Swan Lake
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