Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher
Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (alternate, Sophia; Russian, Головкина, Софья Николаевна; 13 October 1915 - 17 February 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933,[1] she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959.[2] In 1960, she became director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School. For her work, Golovkina was awarded the Russian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the USSR, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[3] She died in 2004 in Moscow.[4]
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Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (alternate, Sophia; Russian, Головкина, Софья Николаевна; 13 October 1915 - 17 February 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet...
Moscow State Academy of Choreography, under the tutelage of Professor SofiaGolovkina. Since 1994 she has been a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She has...
trained at the Moscow Choreographic Academy under the direction of SofiaGolovkina. After her graduation, she became a member of the Bolshoi Ballet. Her...
the Moscow Academic Choreographic School, studying under Professor SofiaGolovkina, and graduating with honours in 1984. During her studies she danced...
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Kiev Ballet School. After graduating from there, she was trained by SofiaGolovkina at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. From 1993 to 1995, she...
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