Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (March 10, 1885 – May 26, 1978) was a Russian ballerina who settled in England.
Karsavina was born in St. Petersburg, the daughter of the dancer Platon Karsavin . After ballet school, she was the leading ballerina of Nijinsky's Ballets Russes, and partnered with him in bringing his ballets to Europe, and created many leading roles.
In 1917 she married diplomat Henry James Bruce and moved to London, where she taught and wrote about ballet. Among her pupils was the English ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
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