Avdotia Ilyinichna Istomina (1799-1848) was the most celebrated Russianballerina of the 19th century. She debuted in the Imperial Ballet in 1815 to immediate acclaim. Several people were killed duelling for her heart, and her honour was defended in the fourfold duel (1817): Count Zavadovsky killed Count Sheremetev, while the Decembrist Yakubovich shot through a palm of the playwright Alexander Griboedov. Her dancing is the subject of a brilliant stanza in Eugene Onegin, which was described by Vladimir Nabokov as the most mellifluous lines in the whole of Russian poetry. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mariinsky Ballet is one of the most famous ballet schools in history (formerly the Kirov Ballet, and also the Academic State Theatre), located in St. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev (Russian: Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ ÐŸÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ШеремеÌтьев), born 1692, died 1719. ... This article is about the failed Russian revolt. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. ... Eugene Onegin (Yevgeny Onegin, Евгений Онегин) is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. ... Vladimir Nabokov This page is about the novelist. ...
Istomina, born in 1799, was sent to the Ballet Academy at the age of six.
Istomina performed the role of the Chercassian girl impeccably with the Pushkin character in the scene in which she gave freedom to her beloved and to her rival.
Istomina's interpretation was imbued with all of the characteristics of Pushkin's Liudmila.
Di fianco al nome di Istomina ricorre nuovamente quello di Didelot.
Ma fu Istomina l'allieva favorita da Didelot; in lei le grandi doti espressive erano sostenute da un virtuosismo brillante e da un aplomb straordinario.
I primi e migliori anni della carriera della Istomina coincisero col momento in cui la danza iniziava ad adottare temi ed immagini romantiche e, sotto la guida di Didelot, la Istomina si fece sensibile interprete di questi fermenti.
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