Career
Born in Tomsk, she trained in Petrograd at Akim Volynsky"s School of Russian Ballet, also studying with the renowned Russian ballet mistress Agrippina Vaganova. She danced professionally with various ensembles such as the GATOB and the Flying Russian Ballet before defecting in 1929. She spent a number of years teaching at the Sadler"s Wells Ballet and Sadler"s Wells Ballet School, training some of the leading English dancers of the 20th Century.
She also taught at the Ballet School of the Louisiana Scala Theatre in Milan.
Carla Fracci, former Principal of Italian Louisiana Scala theatre
Erik Bruhn, former Principal of the Royal Danish Ballet
Henry Danton, former Soloist of the Sadler"s Wells Ballet
Dame Margot Fonteyn, English Prima Ballerina Assoluta of The Royal Ballet
Henning Kronstam, former Principal of the Royal Danish Ballet
Gillian Lynne, former Principal of The Royal Ballet, now a renowned musical theatre chroeographer
Peter Martins, former Principal of the Royal Danish Ballet and New York City Ballet
Sir Peter Wright, former Principal dancer and Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Eva Evdokimova, international guest dancer, recognised as a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.
