Vaganova as Odette-Odile, 1900es

Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova (July 6, 1879 - November 5, 1951) was an outstanding Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method. Her Fundamentals of the Classic Dance (1934) remain the standard textbook for ballet technique. Image File history File linksMetadata Vaganova_Odetta. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Vaganova_Odetta. ... // Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое Озеро) is one of the most famous and critically-acclaimed ballets, with music by Tchaikovsky. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. ... The Vaganova method is a method of teaching classical ballet that was founded by Agrippina Vaganova and developed into an exact science by her pedagogical pupil for over 30 years, Vera Kostrovitkaya and countless other teachers in the decades following Vaganovas death in 1951. ... Ballet technique is the method by which ballet steps are performed or taught. ...

Vaganova's whole life was connected with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, where she became known as queen of variations for her acrobatic leaps and astonishing footwork. In 1917 she retired from the stage and started teaching at the khortekhnikum, as the Imperial Ballet School was then known. In 1934 she was appointed director of that venerable institution, which now bears Vaganova's name. The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Among Vaganova's pupils were the distinguished Soviet ballerinas Natalya Dudinskaya, Marina Semenova, Galina Ulanova, Olga Lepeshinskaya, and Maya Plisetskaya. Her teaching sought to combine the elegant, refined style of the imperial ballet which Vaganova had been taught by the likes of Enrico Cecchetti and Olga Preobrajenska, with more vigorous dancing developed in the Soviet Union. In 1933, she staged the celebrated version of Swan Lake with Ulanova as Odette-Odile. Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: ; 8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. ... Maya in the 1964 production of Don Quixote. ... Enrico Cecchetti (born: 21 June 1850, Rome - died: 13 November 1928, Milan) was an Italian ballet dancer, founder of the Cecchetti method. ... Olga Preobrajenska (1871-1962) was probably the best loved ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Official site of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, whose post-Vaganova graduates include Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Agrippina Vaganova's biographic sketch at Find A Grave
• The Ballerina Gallery - Agrippina Vaganova