Background
Smirnov, Igor’ was born on December 8, 1926 in Saratov.
Smirnov, Igor’ was born on December 8, 1926 in Saratov.
Graduated from the Moscow Choreographic School, 1944 (pupil of N. Tarasov).
Choreographer with the operatic studio of the Moscow Conservatory, 1944-1999, and with the Russian University of Theatre Arts, 1951. Taught choreography in Romania, 1953-1954, and in Japan, 1963-1964. Chief choreographer with the Musical Theatre of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in Petrozavodsk, 1958-1960, 1962 and 1964-1967.
With the Stanislavskii and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, 1960-1961. His productions in Petrozavodsk marked the introduction of a professional theatre of ballet in Karelia. Head of the choreography class at the Moscow Institute for Culture.
Contributes to periodicals on questions of choreography.