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Marina Svetlova was a ballerina who played an important role in American dance education after a performing career in international ballet ('30s-'60s). A soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Svetlova later earned a reputation as a major teacher, a professor of ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University (1969-92).