Background
Nikitina, Varvara was born in 1857.
Nikitina, Varvara was born in 1857.
Studied at the Petersburg Theatre School. Studied at the Petersburg Theatre School.
Place of birth unknown. With the Mariinskii Theatre, 1873-1893. Created the part of Svanilda in Petipa’s Coppelia (La Fille aux Yeux d"Email), 1884.
One of the outstanding Russian classical ballerinas of the 1880s and 90s.