Boris Fenster was a Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master, born in 1916 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1960.
Biography
Boris Fenster (17 (30) April 1916 – 29 December 1960) was a Soviet dancer, choreographer and ballet master whose career was closely associated with the development of Soviet drambalet (dramatised ballet, officially promoted at the Kirov Ballet to replace works based primarily on choreographic display and innovation) in the mid-20th century. He was awarded the titles of Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1955 and People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1957, and was a two-time laureate of the Stalin Prize (1948, 1950).
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Contemporaries
M
Mansur Kamaletdinov
Russian ballet dancer (1926–2012)
Bubusara Beyshenalieva
Kyrgyzstani ballet dancer (1926-1973)
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