Background
ULANOVA, Galina was born on January 10, 1910.
ULANOVA, Galina was born on January 10, 1910.
Leningrad Choreographic School.
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake), Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Masha (The Nutcracker), Giselle (Giselle), Maria (Bakhchisarai Fountain), Cinderella (Cinderella), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Parasha (The Copper Horseman), Tao Khoa (The Red Flower).Debut in Kirov Theatre 1928, dancing the Chopin Suite (produced as Les Sylphides by Diaghilev Ballet). Became star at the Kirov Theatre and then of the Bolshoi Ballet and danced many leading parts. Has also made musical films including Etoiles du Ballet Russe shown at Institute Film Festival, Cannes 1954.
Now retd, from stage and teaches ballet at Bolshoi Choreographic School.
People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Four State.