Violette Verdy

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[[Image:Violette Verdy.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Violette Verdy, in Serenade. Photo taken by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1961]]

'''Violette Verdy''' (born '''Nelly Guillerm''' in 1 December 1933 in [[Pont-l'Abbé]]) is a [[France|French]] [[ballerina]] who has worked as a director of dance companies and in other related capacities since her retirement from performing in the late 1970s. Verdy began dance training as a small child and performed with Les Ballets des [[Champs-Elysées]] beginning in 1945. She went on to dance with Les Ballets de Paris (1950; 1953–1954), the [[London Festival Ballet]] (1954–1955), [[La Scala]], Milan (1955–1956), and the [[American Ballet Theatre]] (1956–1957). She spent most of her career as a principal dancer in the [[New York City Ballet]] (1958–1977). While with NYCB, [[George Balanchine|Balanchine]] created many roles for Verdy, including ''[[Jewels (ballet)#Emeralds|Emeralds]]'', ''[[Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux]]'', ''[[La source (Balanchine)|La Source]]'' and ''[[Sonatine]]''.

Upon her retirement from NYCB, she became the director of the [[Paris Opera Ballet]] and codirector of the [[Boston Ballet]] in 1980. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of Music (Ballet) at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] and Artistic Advisor to the Rock School for Dance Education.

Verdy was awarded the French [[Legion of Honour]] (Chevalier) by [[Thierry Fouquet]], Director General of the [[:fr:Opéra national de Bordeaux|Opera of Bordeaux]], in a private ceremony at the [[Palais Garnier|Paris Opéra]] on June 15th, 2009. She has also written many articles and journals, including a children's ballet book called "Of Swans, Sugarplums, and Satin Slippers", which was illustrated by [[Marcia Brown]].

==References==
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9075088 Encyclopædia Britannica website accessed October 2nd, 2005]
*[http://newsinfo.iu.edu/sb/page/normal/839.html Indiana University website accessed October 2nd, 2005]
*[http://www.therockschool.org/TRS/RSWeb/FacViolette.php The Rock School website accessed October 2nd, 2005]
*[http://www.ballerinagallery.com/verdy.htm The Ballerina Gallery – Violette Verdy]
*[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/feb/05/sports/chi-ap-in-iu-ballethonor Chicago Tribune accessed June 16th, 2009]
*[http://www.acephotos.org/t2024921/violette-verdy-photos.html Ace Photos]

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Tsimihety

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[[File:Ethnic_groups_of_Madagascar_Map.png|thumb|right|200px|Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups.]]
The '''Tsimihety''' are a [[ethnic groups of Madagascar|Malagasy ethnic group]] located near the north-central coast of [[Madagascar]]. Their name means "those who do not cut their hair," in reference to their refusal to adhere to the customs imposed by the rule of [[Merina]] King [[Radama I]].<ref name="Bradt">{{Cite book |last1=Bradt |first1=Hillary |last2= Austin |first2=Daniel |title=Madagascar |edition=9th |publisher=The Globe Pequot Press Inc. |year=2007 |location=Guilford, CT |pages=113–115 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vyNVb2q0RisC&pg=PA23&dq=madagascar+ethnic+group&hl=en&ei=giDzTKbNKYLQsAOO15HLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=madagascar%20ethnic%20group&f=false |isbn=1841621978}}</ref>, numbering around one million (approx. 989,000 or 1.200.000) in population.

Tsimihety society and economy, as in much of Madagascar, is agricultural in focus. The Tsimihety speak a dialect of the [[Malagasy language]], which is a branch of the [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-polynesian language group]] derived from the [[Barito languages]], spoken in southern [[Borneo]]. Their particular dialect has [[Arabic]] and [[French language|French]] elements as well.

According to [[anthropologist]] [[David Graeber]], the Tsimihety exist almost entirely independently of the contemporary Madagascar nation-state, maintaining their own extremely egalitarian, non-hierarchical society. Their history of autonomy extends all the way back to the [[Maroansetra]] dynasty in the sixteenth century, up through [[France|French]] colonial rule and today.

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