Tatiana Dokoudovska
Tatiana Dokoudovska | |
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 Tatiana Dokoudovska | |
| Born | 13 January 1921 |
| Died | September 21, 2005 (aged 84) |
| Burial place | Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA 39°00′12″N 94°34′05″W / 39.0032310°N 94.5680618°W |
| Nationality | French |
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| Years active | 1933–1989 |
| Known for | Dancer, teacher. Founder and teacher of the Kansas City Ballet |
Tatiana Dokoudovska (13 January 1921 – 21 September 2005) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet master of Russian origin.[2]
Biography[]
Tatiana Dokoudovska was born on 13 January 1921 in Beausoleil, France, near Monte Carlo, from Alexis and Nadia Dokoudovsky.[1] His father was the son of a Russian nobleman and the Italian grandfather of her mother Nadia, an opera singer.[2][3]
A student of Olga Preobrajenska, prima ballerina of the Russian Imperial Theatre,[1] Dokoudovska at the age of 12 started her professional career, dancing in operettas and films. While attending the Ecole des Artes (Professional School), she danced for the lyric season in Monte Carlo, then was hired as a soloist by the Ballet Russe de l'Opera Comique in Paris.[1]
In 1939 she traveled to the United States and joined the Mordkin Ballet, with which she toured and spent a season in New York City, continuing with the company that would later be called the American Ballet Theatre.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Ballet. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Tatiana A Dokoudovska". Find A Grave. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Star. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Sources[]
- "Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Ballet. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Star. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "The way back to dance through Tatiana Dakoudovska". 26 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Bibliography[]
- Wyatt Townley & Jacques D'Amboise (2007). Kansas City Ballet : the first fifty years. Kansas City: Rockhill Books.
- State Ballet of Missouri; Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation (1995). A salute to Todd Bolender. Kansas City: State Ballet of Missouri.
- French female dancers
- French ballet masters
- People from Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes
- 1921 births
- 2005 deaths
- Russian people of French descent
- 20th-century French ballet dancers
- Russian female dancers
- 20th-century Russian ballet dancers
- 20th-century French women
- 20th-century Russian women