Ulanova G.S., (1910-1998), ballet dancer

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ULANOVA Galina Sergeevna (1910, St. Petersburg - 1998), dancer, pedagogue, Hero of Socialist Labor (1974, 1980), People"s Artist of the USSR (1951). Graduating from the Leningrad Choreographic School under A.Y. Vaganova, she was a soloist at the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1928 until 1941. She was the first to play the role of Maria in The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (1934, ballet master R.V. Zakharov) and Juliet (1940, ballet master L.M. Lavrovsky). She also played Odette/Odile, Giselle, and other major roles. Ulanova"s roles were characterised by an extraordinary harmony of dancing, imparting grace to simple movements and naturalness to complex ones. Through her art she made real the tender poetic heroines who lived in love and defended love at the expense of their lives. Tragic finales became light and hopeful when Ulanova played them. A bronze bust modelled after her was installed in Moscow Podeby Park (1984, sculptor M.K. Anikushin). She was awarded the Stalin Prize (1941, 1946, 1947, 1950) and Lenin Prize (1957). She lived at 8 Dzerzhinskogo Street (today Gorokhovaya Street), and 13 Gogolya Street (today Malaya Morskaya Street).

References: Голубов В. И. Танец Галины Улановой. Л., 1948; Богданов-Березовский В. М. Галина Сергеевна Уланова. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. М., 1961; Львов-Анохин Б. А. Галина Уланова. 2-е изд., доп. М., 1984.

G. N. Dobrovolskaya. Anikushin Mikhail Konstantinovich
Kirov (real name Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich
Lavrovsky (real name Ivanov) Leonid Mikhailovich
Lenin (real name Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
Stalin (real name Dzhugashvili) Iosif Vissarionovich
Ulanova Galina Sergeevna
Vaganova Agrippina Yakovlevna
Zakharov Rostislav Vladimirovich
Gorokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Malaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Голубов В. И. Танец Галины Улановой. Л., 1948
Львов-Анохин Б. А. Галина Уланова. 2-е изд., доп. М., 1984
Богданов-Березовский В. М. Галина Сергеевна Уланова. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. М., 1961 Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
Mariinsky Theatre