caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place children awards name native_name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
massine in a portrait by léon bakst , 1914 15 march 1979 borken , west germany 1915 -- 1948 moscow , russian empire lorca , tatiania , peter , and theodor national vanderbilt whitney hall of fame , 2002 museum of dance 's mr. & mrs. cornelius léonide massine Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син 09 august 1896 vera tatiana orlova -lrb- div . 1968 -rrb- hannelore holtwick savina -lrb- née vera clark -rrb- eugenia delarova massine ritratto da leon bakst.jpg , leonide -lrb- 1895-1979 -rrb- - 1914 - léonide massine
 leonid fyodorovich myasin dancer , choreographer
léonide massine

leonid fyodorovich myasin -lrb- -rrb- , better known in the west by the french transliteration as léonide massine -lrb- 15 march 1979 -rrb- , was a russian choreographer and ballet dancer .
massine created the world 's first symphonic ballet , `` les présages '' , and many others in the same vein .
besides his `` symphonic ballets , '' massine choreographed many other popular works during his long career , some of which were serious and dramatic , and others lighthearted and romantic .
he created some of his most famous roles in his own comic works , among them the can-can dancer in `` la boutique fantasque '' -lrb- 1919 -rrb- , the hussar in `` le beau danube '' -lrb- 1924 -rrb- , and , perhaps best known of all , the peruvian in `` gaîté parisienne '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- .
