Nikita Dolgushin

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Nikita Dolgushin
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Born
Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin

8 November 1938
Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died10 July 2012(2012-07-10) (aged 73)
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeSmolensky Cemetery, Saint-Petersburg
Nationality Soviet Union
 Russia
Occupationballet dancer, choreographer, ballet teacher
Years active1950—2012
Spouse(s)Alla Baranova

Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin (Russian: Ники́та Алекса́ндрович Долгу́шин; November 8, 1938, Leningrad — June 10, 2012, St. Petersburg[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. 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.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Умер Никита Александрович Долгушин". Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. ^ Dolgushin in Encyclopedia of Ballet
  3. ^ Никита Долгушин at the kino-teatr.ru
  4. ^ "Биография Никиты Долгушина". RIA Novosti. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ Никита Долгушин. Балетный интеллектуал
  6. ^ Умер хореограф Никита Долгушин [Choreographer Nikita Dolgushin have died] (in Russian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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