Tiina Kapper (until 1917 Kristiine Lebedeva; 1 February 1895 – 9 November 1947) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n dancer and dance pedagogue. She was born in

Saint Peterburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. She took her dance courses in Saint Peterburg. She complemented her dance skills in Vienna. In 1919 she established a dance studio in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. In 1920s she worked as a dance soloist at

Vanemuine Theatre Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It was the first Estonian language theatre. History ''1870–1906 The Beginning of the Beginning. Koidula’s Theatre, Wiera’s Theatre.'' On June 24, 1870 was the first day in Estonian theatre ...

. Notable students:

Velda Otsus Velda Otsus (24 August 1913 Tartu – 16 August 2006 Tallinn) was an Estonian ballet dancer and stage actress. In 1932 she graduated from Tartu Girls' Gymnasium (). During the studies she studied dancing in Tiina Kapper's private studio. From 193 ...

, Elfriede Saarik.

Dance roles

Dance roles: * Nedbal's Poola veri (1924) * Offenbach's Orpheus allilmas (1925) * Fall's Hispaania ööbik (1926) * Stolz's Daam lillas (1929) * Kálmán's Mariza (1930) * Benatzky's Kolm musketäri (1932) * Taar's Viiukese sõit kevadriiki (1932) * Wirkhaus' Veskineiu (1933) * Wirkhaus' Kevadtormid (1934)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapper, Tiina 1895 births 1947 deaths Estonian female dancers