Background
Ivanovskii, Nikolai was born on August 2, 1893 in Petersburg.
Ivanovskii, Nikolai was born on August 2, 1893 in Petersburg.
Graduated from the Petersburg Theatre School, 1911. Pupil of Mikhail Fokin.
With Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1912-1914. Joined the A. M. Fokin Theatre of Miniatures, Petrograd, 1914. With the Mariinskii Theatre, 1915-1942.
One season, 1930-1931, with the Tbilisi Theatre. From 1925, with some interruptions, taught at the Leningrad Choreographic School. Dean of the Dance Department at the Leningrad Conservatory, 1954-1961.
Professor, 1956.