Ballerina Nadia Nerina, 80
"Nadia Nerina, an enchanting and virtuosic ballet dancer who inspired choreographer Frederick Ashton's enduring comedy La Fille mal gardée and outperformed Rudolf Nureyev, died Oct. 6… [she] was one of the major classical ballet dancers of the 1950s and '60s and a reigning presence in the Sadler's Wells company, which became the Royal Ballet." Washington Post 10/09/08

Posted October 14, 2008 07:47 PM