Education
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
Dudinskaya"s mother was Natalia Tagliori, a ballerina coached by Enrico Cecchetti. Trained by Agrippina Vaganova, Dudinskaya matriculated from her school in 1931. She danced all the classical leads at the Kirov Theatre including the starring role in Cinderella.
She later originated leading roles in Boris Asafyev"s Flames of Paris and Taras Bulba.
She was best known in Bayadere, Don Quixote and in the title role of Laurencia, which she originated. Frail health forced her to retire in 1961.
She did, however dance in her husband"s 1964 film version of Sleeping Beauty in the role of Carabosse. They ultimately lost their company positions after the defection of Natalia Makarova in 1970 but Dudinskaya continued to teach up and coming dancers.
Anastasia Volochkova and Ulyana Lopatkina were among the last ballerinas coached by her.