Background
VAGANOVA, Agrippina was born on June 24, 1879.
VAGANOVA, Agrippina was born on June 24, 1879.
1897 debut at Mariinskiy Theater. Won popularity as virtuoso classical dancer. 1916 abandoned stage work.
From 1917 taught ballet. 1921-1946 instructor. 1946-1951 professor, Leningrad Choreographic College.
1931-1937 artistic director, Ballet Company, Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. Then concentrated on teaching. 1946-1951 head, Chair of Choreography, Leningrad Conservatory.
Trained such outstanding dancers as Gordhandas Sunderdas Ul’yanova, M. T. Semyonova, O.G. Iordan, North.A. Anisimova, T.M. Vechcslova, North. M. Dudinskaya, F.I. Balabina, A.Ya. Shelest, etc; Roles: Odette-Odile. The Tsar-Maiden in Pugny’s Konyok-gorbunok (The Little Hunchback-Horse).
Main role in “Chopiniana”, etc, Productions: Lebedinoye ozero (Swan Lake) (1933). “Esmeralda” (1935), et cetera