Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova Makarova at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors Born Natalia Romanovna Makarova (1940-11-21) 21 November 1940 (age 74) Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union Other names Natasha Makarova Occupation ballet dancer, choreographer Years active 1950s – present Spouse(s) Edward Karkar (m. 1976; died 2013) Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Наталья Романовна Макарова, born 21 November 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that “her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in the West.”