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Angiolini G. (1731-1803), dancer
ANGIOLINI Domenico Gasparo Maria (1731-1803), Italian dancer, ballet master, scenario writer, composer, teacher. In St. Petersburg, he was the court company's first dancer and choreographer (intermittently between 1766 and 1786)
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Ballet Theatre (Boris Eifman)
BALLET THEATRE was founded under the guidance of Boris Eifman under the auspices of Lenconcert in 1977. At different times it had different names: the New Ballet, The Leningrad Ballet Ensemble, and the Leningrad Theatre of Modern Ballet
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Chabukiani V.M., (1910-1992), choreographer
CHABUKIANI Vakhtang Mikhailovich (1910-1992), ballet dancer, choreographer, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Upon graduating from the Leningrad School of Choreography, where he had studied under V.I
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Choreographic Miniatures, ballet theatre
CHOREOGRAPHIC MINIATURES, ballet theatre. Established in 1969 on the base of the Chamber Ballet, under artistic director L.V. Yakobson. Yakobson's productions, created specially for the troupe
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Didelot C.L., (1767-1837), choreographer
DIDELOT Charles Louis Frederic (1767-1837), French ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He studied under J. Dauberval and J. B. Lany in Paris. The choreographer and the chief of the ballet department in St
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Fokine M.M., (1880-1942), ballet-master
FOKINE Mikhail Mikhailovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1942), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue. From 1898, after graduating from Legat class of Petersburg Theatre School, he was the 1st dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre
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Hilferding P. (1710-1768), dancer, ballet master
HILFERDING Franz Antoine Christophe (1710- 1768), Austrian dancer, ballet master, teacher. Studied dancing in Paris under M. Blondy. In 1759-65, he held the post of court ballet master in St. Petersburg, staging over 20 ballets
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Istomina А.I., (1799-1848), ballet dancer
ISTOMINA Avdotya Ilyinichna (1799 - 1848, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. A student of E. I. Kolosova and C. Didelot, she graduated from the Petersburg Theatre School in 1815. She danced in the Imperial Troupe at St
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Ivanov L.I., (1834-1901), choreographer
IVANOV Lev Ivanovich (1834-1901, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer and choreographer. He graduated from Petersburg Theatre School in 1852. He studied under F. Malovern, E. Gredlu, and J. Petipa Father. The first classical dancer of St
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Karsavina Т.P., (1885-1978), ballet dancer
KARSAVINA Tamara Platonovna (1885, St. Petersburg - 1978), ballet dancer. L. P. Karsavin's sister. A student of P. A. Gerdt, she graduated from the Petersburg Theatre School in 1902. Dancing in Mariinsky Theatre in 1902-18, she played key parts in M
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Kolosova E.I., (1780-1869), ballet dancer
KOLOSOVA (nee Neelova) Evgenia Ivanovna (1780-1869, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. She studied under I. I. Valberkh in the Petersburg Theatre School and danced solo in the Imperial Company in 1799-1826
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Kschessinska M.F., (1872-1971), ballet dancer
KSCHESSINSKA Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna (1872, Ligovo, near St. Petersburg - 1971), ballet dancer and teacher. A student of C. I. Ioganson, she graduated from the Theatre School in 1890 to be immediately admitted into the Mariinsky Theatre
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Lopukhov F.V., (1886-1973), choreographer
LOPUKHOV Fedor Vasilievich (1886, St. Petersburg - 1973, Leningrad), ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher, people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1956). A student of N. G
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Mariinsky Theatre
MARIINSKY THEATRE, State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (1 Teatralnaya Square), which takes its origin from the Russian court company established in 1783 "not only for comedies and tragedies, but for operas also"
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Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
MUSSORGSKY OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE. Dates back to 1918, when it was established in the building of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (1 Iskusstv Square; 1833, architect А. P. Bryullov, rebuilt in 1859 by architect А. K. Cavos)
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Nijinsky V.F., (1890-1950), ballet dancer
NIJINSKY Vaclav Fomich (1889, according to other reports, 1890-1950), a ballet dancer and choreographer. A native of Poland, he studied under M. K. Obukhov at the Petersburg Theatre School to graduate in 1907
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Pavlova А.P., (1881-1931), ballet dancer
PAVLOVA Anna Pavlovna (1881 - 1931, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. Studied under P. A. Gerdt in the Petersburg Theatre School, graduating in 1899. She joined the company of the Mariinsky Theatre to dance the key parts in M. I
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Perrot J.J. (1810-1892), dancer, ballet master
PERROT Jules Joseph (1810-1892), French dancer and choreographer. Studied under A. Vestris. From 1848 to 1859 he worked as a dancer and ballet master in the court company in St. Petersburg
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Petipa М.I., (1818-1910), choreographer
PETIPA Marius Ivanovich (1818-1910), French ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He studied under his father J. Petipa and A. Vestris. Invited to St. Petersburg as a mime dancer in 1847, he danced until 1869. A teacher in St
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Rinaldi A. (?-after 1758), dancer
RINALDI Antonio (aka Fusano, Italian "fidget") (? - after 1758), Italian performer, choreographer, pedagogue. In 1735-38, he performed in St. Petersburg with an Italian troupe under the guidance of F. Araya
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Saint-Leon А. (1821-1870), ballet dancer, choreographer
SAINT-LEON Charles Victor Arthur Michel (1821-1870), French dancer, ballet master, teacher, composer. Educated by his father, a dancer and musician. From 1859 to 1869 he was ballet master of the court company in St. Petersburg
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Sergeev K.M., (1910-1992), dancer
SERGEEV Konstantin Mikhailovich (1910 - 1992, St. Petersburg), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1957). In 1930-61, after graduating from the Leningrad choreographic School under V.I
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Shelest A.Y., (1919-1998), ballerina
SHELEST Alla Yakovlevna (1919-1998, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, pedagogue, People's Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1957). Upon graduating from A.Y
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Spesivtseva O.A. (1895-1991), ballet dancer
SPESIVTSEVA Olga Alexandrovna (1895-1991), ballet dancer. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Theatre School where she studied under K.M. Kulichevskaya, Spesivtseva worked at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1913 to 1924. She was the lead dancer in M
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Taglioni Philippe (1777-1871) and Taglioni Marie (1804-1884), ballet artists
TAGLIONI Philippe (1777-1871), Italian choreographer, teacher. TAGLIONI Marie (1804-1884), P. Taglioni's daughter, ballet dancer. Both worked at various times under J.F. Coulomb in Paris, Marie also being educated by her father
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Ulanova G.S., (1910-1998), ballet dancer
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
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Vaganova A.Y., (1879-1951), ballet-dancer
VAGANOVA Agrippina Yakovlevna (1879, St. Petersburg - 1951, Leningrad), ballet-dancer, pedagogue, choreographer, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954)
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Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
VAGANOVA ACADEMY OF RUSSIAN BALLET situated at 2 Zodchego Rossi Street. It was founded as the Dancing School in 1738 on the initiative of J. B. Lande, a French choreographer and teacher
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Valberkh I.I. (1766-1819), ballet dancer, choreographer
VALBERKH Ivan Ivanovich (1766-1819, St. Petersburg), dancer, ballet master, script writer, teacher. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Theatre School in 1786, where he studied under G
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Vaynonen V.I. (1901-1964), ballet dancer, choreographer
VAYNONEN Vasily Ivanovich (1901 - 1964, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, choreographer, Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1939). Graduated from the Petrograd Drama School, where he studied under V.I
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