Kolosova E.I., (1780-1869), ballet dancer

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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. Known as the first true dancer, she danced key parts in Valberkh's Blanca or Marriage for Vengeance and Clara or Appeal to the Virtue and C. Didelot's Theseus and Ariadne or Minotaur's Defeat, Hungarian Cabin or Famous Exiles, and Alceste or Hercules Descending into Hades. She was best praised for Russian folk dancing. It was pantomime; however, that was her major field. She danced both heroic and tragedy parts. She was buried at the Smolenskoe Orthodox Cemetery, her remains moved to the Necropolis of Artists in 1936.

Reference: Красовская В. М. Русский балетный театр от возникновения до середины XIX века. Л.; М., 1958. С. 96-99.

G. N. Dobrovolskaya. Didelot Charles Louis Frederic
Kolosova Evgeniya Ivanovna
Valberkh Ivan Ivanovich
Красовская В. М. Русский балетный театр от возникновения до середины XIX века. Л.; М., 1958 Theatre College
Necropolis of Artists