About
Dancer who is known for her innovations in ballet, including the use of slippers rather than shoes and calf-length ballet skirts.
Before fame
She was given lessons by famed French ballerina Francoise Prevost at age 10.
Trivia
She was the first woman to execute the entrechat-quatre move in ballet.
Family life
Her brother Jean-Baptiste was a renowned composer and violinist.
Associated with
She and Maria Tallchief are both world-famous ballerinas.
