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Brian Shaw (28 June 1928 - 2 April 1992) was a British ballet dancer.

Brian Shaw was born in Huddersfield on 28 June 1928. Shaw "was one of the finest classical male dancers of his generation".[1]

Shaw created roles in Frederick Ashton's Symphonic Variations (1946), Birthday Offering, Ondine (1958) and Monotones (1966), in John Cranko's Prince of the Pagodas, in Kenneth MacMillan's Noctambules (1956), as well as in ballets by Andree Howard.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Brian Shaw". The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Brian Shaw Is Dead; British Dancer, 63, Known as Classicist". NYT. 23 April 1992. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

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