Nicholas Efimov
Nicholas Efimov was a Soviet Ballet dancer who trained at the Theater School in St. Petersburg and the Maryinsky Ballet. During a 1924 tour in Western Europe, Efimov defected along with dancers Alexandra Danilova, choreographer George Balanchine and his wife. He fled to France where he danced with the Ballets Russes and subsequently became a premier dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet.

See also
 List of Russian ballet dancers
 Soviet Ballet

References

Russian male ballet dancers
Mariinsky Ballet dancers
Soviet defectors
Paris Opera Ballet dancers
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing