Choreographer · Ballet Dancer

Galina Ulanova

Soviet ballet dancer (1910-1998)

Born 1910 · Saint PetersburgDied 1998RussiaSoviet Union
Galina Ulanova
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Galina Ulanova was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1910 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1998.

Biography

Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, pronounced [ɡɐˈlʲinə ʊˈlanəvə]; 8 January 1910 [O.S. 26 December 1909] – 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.

People's Artist of the USSR (1951), twice Hero of Socialist Labour (1974, 1980). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1957) and four Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946, 1947, 1950). Recipient of four Orders of Lenin (1953, 1970, 1974, 1980). The most decorated ballerina in the history of Soviet ballet.

From the Wikipedia article “Galina Ulanova”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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Konstantin Sergeyev

Russian dancer (1910-1992)

1910–1992
Marina Semyonova

Marina Semyonova

Soviet ballet dancer

1908–2010
Tikhon Khrennikov

Tikhon Khrennikov

Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)

1913–2007
Igor Moiseyev

Igor Moiseyev

Soviet dancer (1906–2007)

1906–2007
Olga Lepeshinskaya

Olga Lepeshinskaya

Soviet ballet dancer

1916–2008
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Lidija Franklin

American dancer

1917–2019
Tatjana Gsovsky

Tatjana Gsovsky

dancer, teacher and choreographer (1901–1993)

1901–1993
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Alla Shelest

Russian ballet dancer (1919–1998)

1919–1998

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