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Sofia Vasylievna Fedorova (russian: Софья Васильевна Фёдорова; 28 September 1879, in
Московская «цыганочка»
/ref> She endured her ordeal courageously, drifting from one mental institution to another. In 1963 at the age of eighty-three her obituary read, "''She lived quietly between outbursts of consciousness and delirium.''". Among her students is Cuban prima ballerina assoluta/choreographer
Sofia Vasylievna Fedorova (russian: Софья Васильевна Фёдорова; 28 September 1879, in Moscow
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, Imperial Russia
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– 3 January 1963, in Neuilly-sur-Seine
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, near Paris
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, France
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) was a Russian ballerina.
Biography
She graduated from the Bolshoi School in 1899 and joined theBolshoi Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to internatio ...
, where she was most admired as a character ballerina. She danced with the Diaghilev Ballet from its beginning in 1909, dancing major roles throughout the entire history of the Diaghilev Ballet. Fedorova continued to dance with the Bolshoi until 1917, dancing also with Diaghilev's and Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...
's companies. Her husband was Pyotr Olenin, a Russian opera singer and opera director. After his death in 1922 she immediately went into exile in France, where she continued to dance ballet.
Her last performance was with the Diaghilev Ballet in 1928. Then her illness took over./ref> She endured her ordeal courageously, drifting from one mental institution to another. In 1963 at the age of eighty-three her obituary read, "''She lived quietly between outbursts of consciousness and delirium.''". Among her students is Cuban prima ballerina assoluta/choreographer
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best ...
.
See also
*List of Russian ballet dancers
This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigra ...
References
1879 births 1963 deaths Dancers from Moscow Ballerinas from the Russian Empire Choreographers from the Russian Empire Soviet emigrants to France 20th-century ballet dancers 19th-century ballet dancers from the Russian Empire {{Russia-bio-stub