Lucia Nifontova information

Lucia Nifontova
Lucia Nifontova
Born	Russian: Любовь Андреевна Нифонтова, romanized: Lyubov Andreyevna Nifontova; August 30, 1913; Helsinki, Finland
Died	April 6, 1987 (aged 73); Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Ballet dancer
Years active	1927–1947
Organization(s)	Finnish National Ballet, Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
Awards	Pro Finlandia (1955)

Lucia Nifontova-Saurama (born Russian: Любовь Андреевна Нифонтова, romanized: Lyubov Andreyevna Nifontova; 30 August 1913 – 6 April 1987), better known as Lucia Nifontova, was a Finnish ballet dancer and Finland’s first prima ballerina assoluta. In the 1930s and 40s she and her partner Arvo Martikainen [fi; ru] were the leading dancers in Finland and among the foremost artists in Finnish ballet of all time periods.^[1]^[2]^{: para. 1}^[3]^{: ch. 45} Her performances of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake were especially noted for their artistic accomplishment and emotional interpretation.^[4]^[2]^{: para. 7}

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