Pierre Vladimiroff

Pierre Vladimiroff, or Pyotr Nikolayevich Vladimirov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Владимиров; born February 13, 1893 in Gatchina, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire – died November 25, 1970 in New York City, United States), was a Russian dancer and teacher.

[clarification needed] In 1920, he and his later wife Felia Doubrovska emigrated to the West,[where?]

He danced the prince in the 1921 production The Sleeping Princess.

[1] Among his students were Todd Bolender, John Taras, Willam Christensen, William Dollar, Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion, Tanaquil LeClercq, and Maria Tallchief.

Andrei Romanov called Pierre Vladimiroff to a duel and shot him in the nose.