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Nicolas Zverev
Nicolas Zverev (or Zvereff ; russian: Николай Матвеевич Зверев; 1888, Moscow - 24 July 1965 Saint-Raphaël, Var, Saint-Raphaël) was a Russian-France, French dancer and ballet master. He studied at the Moscow ballet class at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, theatre school of the Moscow Imperial troupe. In 1912 he was invited by Sergei Diaghilev to his troupe Ballets russes. Zverev participated in the Ballets russes from 1912 or 1913 to 1926. Among his roles were Slave (Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), ''Scheherazade'', Michel Fokine’s ballet), Cossack Chief (La Boutique fantasque, 1919), one of the men (Les biches, 1924) etc. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Zverev could not return to Russia. He continued to work in European theaters: he worked for six years at the national Opera of Lithuania in Kaunas and was involved in the birth of the Les Ballets de Monte Carlo of René Blum (ballet), René Blum (1936-1938). From 1942 to 1945, he became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |