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American ballerina (born 1964)

Darci Kistler (born June 4, 1964)^[1] is an American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for choreographer George Balanchine.

Early life

Kistler was born in Riverside, California, the fifth child (with four older brothers) of a medical doctor and his wife.

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Her brothers excelled in amateur wrestling, and she followed them into water-skiing, basketball, football and horseback riding.

Ballet career

At age 4, Kistler received her first tutu and began ballet training that same year.

She claimed although she was always athletic, she could never keep with her brothers—so ballet turned out to be one cornerstone she had mastered. After seeing a ballet performance of Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, she decided she wanted to take up ballet herself.

She studied with Mary Lynn at Mary Lynn's Ballet Arts and later with Irina Kosmovska in Los Angeles.

In early 1979, Kistler was selected to study at