Ballet Dancer

Avdotia Timofeyeva

Russian ballerina

Born 1739 · Russian EmpireDied httpRussian Empire

Avdotia Timofeyeva was a Russian ballet dancer, born in 1739 in Russian Empire, who died in http.

Biography

Avdotia Timofeyeva (c. 1739-?), was a Russian ballerina. She belonged to the first group of ballet dancers in the history of Russian ballet. Timofejeva was a part of the first group of ballet students trained by the founder of the Russian ballet, Jean-Baptiste Landé, and was given a position in the ballet of the Imperial theatres in 1748. She performed many parts in the ballets by Giovanni Battista Locatelli and Antonio Sacco.

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