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Tanaquil Le Clercq
French-American ballerina (1929–2000)
Tanaquil Le Clercq | |
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Le Clercq as Dewdrop of the Candy Flowers in The Nutcracker, 1954 | |
| Born | (1929-10-02)October 2, 1929 Paris, France |
| Died | December 31, 2000(2000-12-31) (aged 71) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Spouse | George Balanchine (m. 1952; div. 1969) |
Tanaquil Le Clercq (lek-LAIR; October 2, 1929 – December 31, 2000) was an American ballet dancer, born in Paris, France, who became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet at the age of nineteen.
Her dancing career ended abruptly when she was stricken with polio in Copenhagen during the company's European tour in 1956.[1] Eventually regaining most of the use of her arms and torso, she remained paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of her life.
Biography
Le Clercq was the daughter of Jacques Georges Clemenceau Le Clerc