A Russian ballerina and one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, born in Moscow to a prominent Jewish family. Her father was an engineer and mine manager. She was apprenticed to ballerina Elizaveta Gerdt and appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre at the age of 11. In 1960,...Read more she became the Bolshoi Theater's prima ballerina. Her most famous roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, and Carmen in the opera Carmen. She gave up ballet at the age of 65 to become a dance teacher, teaching ballet around the world. She moved to Munich with her husband, Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, in 1991. She died on May 2, 2015, in Munich, Germany, at the age of 89.
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A Russian ballerina and one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, born in Moscow to a prominent Jewish family. Her father was an engineer and mine manager. She was...Read more apprenticed to ballerina Elizaveta Gerdt and appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre at the age of 11. In 1960, she became the Bolshoi Theater's prima ballerina. Her most famous roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, and Carmen in the opera Carmen. She gave up ballet at the age of 65 to become a dance teacher, teaching ballet around the world. She moved to Munich with her husband, Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, in 1991. She died on May 2, 2015, in Munich, Germany, at the age of 89.