Karsavina, Tamara, 1885-1978, Russian prima ballerina. Karsavina was trained in the Imperial Theatre School and the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, making her debut at the latter in 1902. At its inception in 1909 she joined the Diaghilev Balles Russes in Paris and was considered the greatest ballerina to perform with the company. Partner to Nijinsky, she created principal roles in many works, including Les Sylphides, Petrouchka, Firebird, Le Spectre de la rose, Daphnis and Chloë, and The Three-Cornered Hat. She danced with the company until 1929 and was a leading exponent of Michael Fokine's dance theories. In the 1940s she coached the Sadler's Wells company. Her books include her reminiscences, Theatre Street (1931, 2d ed. 1981), Classical Ballet: The Flow of Movement (1962), and Ballet Technique (1968).

Tamara is a female given name of Arabic, Hebrew, Italian and Russian origin, meaning "palm tree" or "spice". The short form is Tam or Tammy, or more rarely Mara or Tara. Other forms of the name are Tamra and Tamar.

People:

• Tamara (name)
• Tamara of Georgia, medieval Christian saint, queen of Georgia (1184 to 1213). Saint Tamara presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy.
• Shy'm, born Tamara Marthe, a French singer.
• Tamara Chalabi, daughter of Iraqi politician, Ahmad Chalabi.
• Tamara de Lempicka, a Polish soft-cubism painter.
• Tamara Dhia, Iraqi-born American actress and film producer
• Tamara Drasin, a Ukrainian-born singer-actress who introduced the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes in the musical Roberta.
• Tamara Mello, actress.
• Tamara Mellon, president and founder of designer shoes, Jimmy Choo.
• Tamara Mkheidze, a Georgian arachnologist.
• Tamara Moskvina, a Russian pairs figure skating coach.
• Tamara Salman, Iraqi-born designer.
• Tamara Tunie, actress.
• Tamara Witmer Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 2005.
• Tamara Barnett-Herrin, a UK singer-songwriter

Films and stage plays:

• Tamara (2005 film), an American horror film starring Jenna Dewan.
• Tamara (2004 film), a Hungarian film
• Tamara (1968 film), a West German film
• Tamara (play), a long running Los Angeles stage play developed by John Krizanc and Richard Rose in which the audience moves through a many-roomed house following and interacting with the cast. It is named for Tamara de Lempicka.

Songs:

• waarom huil je, kleine Tamara - Dutch lyrics by Ko van Raayen
• Tamara is a punk - The Queers
• Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke (Tamara) - Boris Novkovic, Croatian singer
• Tamara - Korsakoff
• Tamara - Bajaga i Instruktori, Serbian band
• Tamara - Magazin, Croatian band

Other:

• 326 Tamara, a Main belt asteroid.
• Tamara passive sensor, a Czech passive sensor system.