Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike - her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. Her unique style, humor and authenticity redefined ballet for all dancers who followed. Amazingly, she was the muse to not one great artist but two; both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her and Robbins created his famous version of Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. Tanaquil Le Clercq was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. On a tour of Europe, she was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again. 译文(2): 在所有伟大的芭蕾舞演员中，Tanaquil Le Clercq 可能是最卓越的。她拥有一副前所未有的身材，让观众和编舞都为之着迷——她细长的赛马身材成为这部伟大乔治·巴兰奇的新原型。她独特的风格，幽默和真实性重新定义了所有舞蹈演员的芭蕾舞。令人惊讶的是，她不是一位伟大艺术家的缪斯，而是两位伟大艺术家的缪斯，无论是乔治·巴兰奇还是杰罗姆?罗宾斯都喜欢她作为一个舞者和一个女人。巴兰钦娶了她，罗宾斯为坦尼创作了著名的《牧神的午后》。Tanaquil Le Clercq 是她那个时代最重要的舞者，直到一切突然停止。在一次欧洲旅行中，她被脊髓灰质炎击倒并瘫痪。她再也没有跳过舞。