Nikita Dolgushin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Dolgushin.
Nikita Dolgushin
Никита Долгушин
Born(1938-11-08)November 8, 1938
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedJuly 10, 2012(2012-07-10) (aged 73)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeSmolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Occupation(s)Ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet teacher
Years active1950–2012
SpouseAlla Baranova

Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin[a] (November 8, 1938 – June 10, 2012)[1] was a Russian Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher.[2] He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.[3][4]

In 1959 he graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School (Alexander Pushkin's course).[5] Following graduation, Dolgushin joined Kirov Ballet and then moved to Novosibirsk. In 1961–1966, he was the leading dancer of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.[6] From 1968 to 1983 Dolgushin was a ballet dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theatre and Ballet and in 2007 returned to Saint Petersburg as a pedagogue. From 2009 to 2011 he was a chairman of the Mikhailovsky Theatre's Art Council. Throughout 15 remaining years of his life, Dolgushin served on a choreography faculty of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Никита Александрович Долгушин, romanized: Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin

References

  1. ^ "Умер Никита Александрович Долгушин". Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. ^ Dolgushin in Encyclopedia of Ballet
  3. ^ Никита Долгушин at the kino-teatr.ru
  4. ^ "Биография Никиты Долгушина". RIA Novosti. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ Никита Долгушин. Балетный интеллектуал
  6. ^ Биография Никиты Долгушина. РИА Новости.
  7. ^ Умер хореограф Никита Долгушин [Choreographer Nikita Dolgushin have died] (in Russian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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