Ninel kurgapkina biography
Ninel Aleksandrovna Kurgapkina was a Soviet and Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet with over 50 years stage experience.
Ninel Aleksandrovna Kurgapkina was a Soviet and Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet with over 50 years stage experience....
Ninel Kurgapkina
Russian ballerina (1929–2009)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Kurgapkina.
Ninel Kurgapkina | |
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Born | (1929-02-13)13 February 1929 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 10 May 2009(2009-05-10) (aged 80) Beloostrov, Russia |
Other names | Ninella Kurgapkina |
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Ninel Aleksandrovna Kurgapkina[a] (13 February 1929 – 10 May 2009, known by the diminutive Ninella)[b] was a Soviet and Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet with over 50 years stage experience.
She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Kurgapkina was born in Leningrad. Ninel Kurgapkina was one of the last pupils of Agrippina Vaganova. She graduated her ballet school and joined the Kirov Ballet in 1947, where she danced such roles as Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Myrtha (Giselle), Odette-Odil