--- title: "3 Alicia Markova Quotes - Famous Ballet dancer (Giselle and I)" description: "Dame Alicia Markova DBE was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Browse 3 Alicia Markova quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alicia-markova-11545.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alicia Markova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alicia-markova-11545.jpg) # Alicia Markova (1910–2004) Ballet Dancer United Kingdom **3** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alicia Markova was a ballet dancer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Giselle and I*. ## Quick Facts About Alicia Markova Born December 1, 1910 Died December 2, 2004 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Ballet Dancer Notable works Giselle and I ## About Alicia Markova Dame Alicia Markova DBE was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta. Markova was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. ## Awards & Honors Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ## Quotes by Alicia Markova > [A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-markova/a-ballerina-s-life-can-be-glorious-but-it-does-not-get-any-easier-i/) Alicia Markova [Ballerina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballerina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/alicia-markova-82295_ballerina_a-ballerina-s-life-can-be-glorious-but-i_628849.jpg) > [Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. but to move an audience in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-markova/glorious-bouquets-and-storms-of-applause-are-the-trimmings-which-2/) Alicia Markova [Applause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/applause/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/alicia-markova-82295_applause_glorious-bouquets-and-storms-of-applause_1927227.jpg) > [My dressing table was willed to me, with some of my furniture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-markova/my-dressing-table-was-willed-to-me-with-some-of-my-furniture/) Alicia Markova [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/alicia-markova-82295_dressings_my-dressing-table-was-willed-to-me-with_2374558.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-markova/#itemlist", "name": "Alicia Markova Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A ballerina's life can be glorious. 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