Natalia Bessmertnova

Natalia Igorevna Bessmertnova^[a] (19 July 1941 – 19 February 2008) was a Soviet prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet and a People's Artist of the USSR (1976).

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Natalia Bessmertnova
Наталия Бессмертнова
Bessmertnova as Giselle, 1966
Born	(1941-07-19)July 19, 1941 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	February 19, 2008(2008-02-19) (aged 66) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Ballerina

Life

Natalia Bessmertnova was born in Moscow in 1941 and trained at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography from 1953-61. Among her teachers were Sofia Golovkina and Marina Semyonova. She graduated in 1961 as the first student in the school's history receiving A+ in the final examinations. In 1963, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet and was its prima ballerina for three decades. She was married to Yury Grigorovich, former Director and Chief choreographer of the Bolshoi. When he was forced to leave the Bolshoi in 1995, she took part in a historic strike which led to cancellations of scheduled performances.^[1]

Bessmertnova died in Moscow on 19 February 2008, aged 66, from cancer.^[2]^[3] Her sister Tatyana (born 1947) was also a ballet dancer.^[4]

Title roles

Giselle in Lavrovsky's 1963 Giselle production
Leyli in Goleizovsky's Leyli and Majnun [ru] 1964
Anastasia in Grigorovich's Ivan the Terrible 1975
Valentina in Grigorovich's Angara [ru] 1976
Juliet in Grigorovich's new Romeo and Juliet 1979
Rita in Grigorovich's The Golden Age in 1982
Raymonda in Grigorovich's new Raymonda production 1984
Giselle in Grigorovich's Giselle in 1991

Notes

Russian: Наталия Игоревна Бессмертнова, romanized: Nataliya Igorevna Bessmertnova

Natalia Bessmertnova

Life

Title roles

Other important roles

Awards

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