Nikita Dolgushin
Nikita Dolgushin | |
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Saint-Petersburg | |
| Nationality |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Occupation(s) | ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet teacher |
| Years active | 1950—2012 |
| Spouse | Alla Baranova |
Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin (Russian: Ники́та Алекса́ндрович Долгу́шин; November 8, 1938, — June 10, 2012[1]) was a Russian Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher.[2] He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.[3][4]
In 1959 he graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School (Alexander Pushkin's course).[5] Following graduation, Dolgushin joined Kirov Ballet and then moved to Novosibirsk. In 1961–1966, he was the leading dancer of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.[6] From 1968 to 1983 Dolgushin was a ballet dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theatre and Ballet and in 2007 returned to Saint Petersburg as a pedagogue. From 2009 to 2011 he was a chairman of the Mikhailovsky Theatre's Art Council. Throughout 15 remaining years of his life, Dolgushin served on a choreography faculty of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.[7]
References
- ^ "Умер Никита Александрович Долгушин". Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
- ^ Dolgushin in Encyclopedia of Ballet
- ^ Никита Долгушин at the kino-teatr.ru
- ^ "Биография Никиты Долгушина". RIA Novosti. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ Никита Долгушин. Балетный интеллектуал
- ^ Биография Никиты Долгушина. РИА Новости.
- ^ Умер хореограф Никита Долгушин [Choreographer Nikita Dolgushin have died] (in Russian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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