Marie Rambert Marie Rambert Dame Marie Rambert, Mrs Dukes DBE (20 February 188812 June 1982) was a Polish-born dancer and pedagogue who exerted great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Born to a liberal Jewish family in Warsaw, Congress Poland, she was originally named Cyvia (Cesia) Rambam. Her father and two of his brothers later changed their last names to make them seem only children in order to escape military service in the Imperial Russian Army; and so, while one brother retained the name Rambam, her father changed his to Ramberg, another of his brothers went to Rambert,
Marie Raizenne Marie Raizenne Marie Raizenne (July 14, 1735 – April 20, 1811) was a Roman Catholic nun in the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. She took the name Sister Saint-Ignace and served as superior general. The daughter of Josiah Rising, also known as Shoentakwanni and Ignace Raizenne, and Abigail Nims, also known as Towatogowash, she was born at the mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes. Her parents had both been born in New England but were captured and brought to New France, where they were baptized as Catholics; her older sister had also become a nun and her brother became a priest. In