Olga Preobrajenska

Olga Preobrajenska (1871 – 1962) was probably the best loved ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990. ... Carlotta Brianza and Paul Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty. ...

In 1879, she joined the Imperial Ballet School, where her teachers were Nicholas Legat, Enrico Cecchetti, and Christian Johansson. After 10 years of intensive training, she moved to the Mariinsky Theatre, where she would work for the next quarter a century. In 1900, she earned the title prima ballerina. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Mariinsky Ballet is the most famous ballet school in history (formerly the Kirov Ballet), located in the Mariinsky Theatre of St. ... Enrico Cecchetti (born: 21 June 1850, Rome - died: 13 November 1928, Milan) was an Italian ballet dancer, founder of the Cecchetti method. ... The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. ...

After the Russian Revolution, Preobrajenska dedicated her life to teaching new generations of dancers, first in Petrograd, then in Paris. Every major mid-20th-century Western dancer visited Preobrajenska for lessons. Tamara Toumanova and Margot Fonteyn were among the many ballerinas she coached. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution or November Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Saint Petersburg  listen (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... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, as viewed from the Trocadéro This article is about the capital and largest city in France. ... Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) was one of the greatest ballerinas. ... Dame Margot Fonteyn, DBE, (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991), the British assoluta was considered the worlds greatest ballerina of her time. ...

External links

• The Ballerina Gallery - Olga Preobrajenska