Background
Kasatkina, Natalya Dmitriyevna was born on June 7, 1934 in Moscow. Daughter of Dmitriy A. and Anna A. Kardasheva Kasatkin.
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Kasatkina, Natalya Dmitriyevna was born on June 7, 1934 in Moscow. Daughter of Dmitriy A. and Anna A. Kardasheva Kasatkin.
Student, Bolshoi Theatre Ballet School, Moscow.
Joined Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company 1954, main roles including !■ rigia (Spartacus), Fate (Carmen), The Possessed (Rites of Sacred Spring). 1 horeographer (with V. Vasilyev) of Vanini Vanini 1962, Geologist 1964, Rites of Sacred Spring 1965, Tristan and Isolde 1967, Preludes and Fugues 1968, Our Yard 1970, The Creation of the World 1971, Romeo and Juliet 1972, Prozrienie 1974, Gayane 1977, The Magic Cloak 1982, The Mischiefs of Terpishore 1984, Pushkin 1986, The Faces of Love 1987, Petersburg's Twilights 1987. TV Film: Choreographic Novels.
Head (with V. Vasilyev) choreography co. Moscow State Ballet Theatre of USSR since 1977. Wrote libretto and produced opera Peter I 1975, Cosi fan Tutte (with V. Vasilyev) 1978.
Frigia in Spartacus, Fate in Carmen, The Possessed in Rites of Sacred Spring. Choreographer Vanini Vanini, 1962, Geologist, 1964, Rites of Sacred Spring, 1965, Tristan and Isolde, 1967, Preludes and Fugues, 1968, Our Yard, 1970, The Creation of the World, 1971, Romeo and Juliet, 1972, Prozrienie, 1974, Gayane, 1977, The Magic Cloak, The Mischiefs of Terpishorl, 1984, Pushkin, 1986, The Faces of Love, 1987, Petersburg's Twilight, 1987, The Fairy's Kiss, 1988, Swan Lake, 1988, Cinderella, 1993, Nutcracker, 1994, dancer (Operas) Peter 1, 1975, with V. Vasilyov Cosi fan Tutte, 1978. Co-producer(with husband): (Operas) Mayakovsky, 1981.
Director: (films) Choreographical Novels, 1974, Adam and Eve, 1982, Blue Roses for a Ballerina, 1984, airy's Kiss, 1990, The Rite of Spring, 1990, Don Quixote, 1991, Romeo and Juliet, 1992. (ballets) Swan and Lede, 1991, Exorisms, 1992.
Member of Theatre Union Russia.
Married Vladimir Vasilyov Kasatkina, 1956. 1 child Ivan Vasilyov.