Agrippina Vaganova was a Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master, born in 1879 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1951.
Biography
Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova (Russian: Агриппина Яковлевна Ваганова; 26 June 1879 – 5 November 1951) was a Russian and Soviet ballerina, teacher, and choreographer, widely regarded as one of the most influential ballet pedagogues of the 20th century. She developed the Vaganova method, a system of classical ballet training that remains foundational worldwide.
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Contemporaries
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