Background
Nikolai Poznyakov was born on 1878 in Kursk, Russian Federation.
choreographer musician professor dance theorist
Nikolai Poznyakov was born on 1878 in Kursk, Russian Federation.
Nikolay Stepanovich graduated from the piano department of the Moscow Conservatory (1905), at the same time he studied classical dance (teacher M.M. Mordkin). He also studied ancient plastics.
After 1917 Nikolay Stepanovich become the teacher of music and dance of the Voronezh Conservatory and the organizer of the rhythmoplasty studio (Kharkov, until 1921), where he performed choreographic performances to the music of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and other composers.
Pozdnyakov placed music and individuality first. A professional musician, Pozniakov carefully considered the "orchestration" of his compositions.
Physical Characteristics: Poznyakov looked very young and was beautiful - puffy lips, thick eyebrows, bangs falling on the forehead. He danced in salons and at literary evenings, delighting viewers with plasticity, musicality and beauty.
He wasn't married, had no children.