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| employer = [[Bolshoi Theatre]]
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'''Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Борисович Фадеечев}}, 27 January 1933 – 23 June 2020) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1976.
'''Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev'''{{efn|name=spelling|{{langx|ru|Николай Борисович Фадеечев|{{transliteration|ru|Nikolay Borisovich Fadeyechev}}}}}} (27 January 1933{{snd}}23 June 2020) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1976.


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:RIAN archive 672496 Scene from ballet Swan Lake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fadeyechev in ''Swan Lake'' in Moscow, 1956]]
[[File:RIAN archive 672496 Scene from ballet Swan Lake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fadeyechev in ''Swan Lake'' in Moscow, 1956]]
Fadeyechev was born 27 January 1933 in [[Moscow]], and was a retired dancer and a teacher and répétiteur of the [[Bolshoi Ballet]]. In 1952 he graduated from the [[Moscow State Academy of Choreography|Moscow Ballet School]], where he had studied with Alexander Rudenko, and joined the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], where he performed many principal roles. He made his international debut in London in 1956 with the ballet [[Giselle]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikolai Fadeyechev obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nikolai-fadeyechev-obituary-kcx2kfl0m |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=26 November 2022 |date= July 31, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He danced alongside some of the company's great ballerinas, including [[Galina Ulanova]] in ''[[Giselle]]'' and ''[[Les Sylphides]]'', and was a regular partner with [[Maya Plisetskaya]], [[Galina Ulanova]],<ref name="nyt" /> [[Raisa Struchkova]], [[Nina Timofeeva]], [[:ru:Кондратьева, Марина Викторовна|Marina Kondratyeva]], [[Natalia Bessmertnova]], [[Ekaterina Maximova]] and [[Ludmila Semenyaka]]. After retiring from the stage in 1977, he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. His students have included [[Nikolay Tsiskaridze]], [[:ru:Уваров, Андрей Иванович|Andrey Uvarov]], [[Sergei Filin]], [[Ruslan Skvortsov]] and [[Artem Ovcharenko]].
Fadeyechev was born 27 January 1933 in [[Moscow]], and was a retired dancer and a teacher and répétiteur of the [[Bolshoi Ballet]]. In 1952 he graduated from the [[Moscow State Academy of Choreography|Moscow Ballet School]], where he had studied with Alexander Rudenko, and joined the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], where he performed many principal roles. He made his international debut in London in 1956 with the ballet [[Giselle]], dancing alongside [[Galina Ulanova]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikolai Fadeyechev obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nikolai-fadeyechev-obituary-kcx2kfl0m |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=26 November 2022 |date= July 31, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He was a regular partner with [[Maya Plisetskaya]],<ref name="nyt" /> [[Raisa Struchkova]], [[Nina Timofeeva]], [[Marina Kondratyeva]], [[Natalia Bessmertnova]], [[Ekaterina Maximova]] and [[Ludmila Semenyaka]]. After retiring from the stage in 1977,<ref>{{cite web |title=Всесоюзный принц |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4390447 |website=Kommersant |access-date=26 November 2022 |language=ru |date=23 June 2020}}</ref> he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. His students have included [[Nikolay Tsiskaridze]], [[:ru:Уваров, Андрей Иванович|Andrey Uvarov]], [[Sergei Filin]], [[Ruslan Skvortsov]] and [[Artem Ovcharenko]].


===Personal life===
===Personal life===
He was married to Irina Kholina, a ballerina, and had two sons: {{ill|Aleksei Fadeyechev|ru|Фадеечев, Алексей Николаевич}}, a choreographer for the Bolshoi,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macaulay |first1=Alastair |title=At Bolshoi, the Battle for Ballet Still Rages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/arts/dance/at-bolshoi-the-battle-for-ballet-still-rages.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 November 2022 |date=18 April 2014}}</ref> and Aleksandr. On June 23, 2020, Fadeyechev died of heart failure in Moscow, at 87 years of age.<ref name=" nyt" >{{cite web |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |title=Nikolai Fadeyechev, Elegant Bolshoi Dancer, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/arts/dance/nikolai-fadeyechev-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 November 2022 |date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
He was married to Irina Kholina, a ballerina, and had two sons: {{ill|Aleksei Fadeyechev|ru|Фадеечев, Алексей Николаевич}}, a choreographer for the Bolshoi,<ref>{{cite web |last=Macaulay |first=Alastair |title=At Bolshoi, the Battle for Ballet Still Rages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/arts/dance/at-bolshoi-the-battle-for-ballet-still-rages.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 November 2022 |date=18 April 2014}}</ref> and Aleksandr. On June 23, 2020, Fadeyechev died of heart failure in Moscow, at 87 years of age.<ref name=" nyt" >{{cite web |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |title=Nikolai Fadeyechev, Elegant Bolshoi Dancer, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/arts/dance/nikolai-fadeyechev-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 November 2022 |date=4 July 2020}}</ref>


== Repertoire ==
== Repertoire ==
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* {{YouTube|mMnEG0uAzuQ|With Maya Plisetskaya in "Swan Lake"}}
* {{YouTube|mMnEG0uAzuQ|With Maya Plisetskaya in "Swan Lake"}}
* [http://gallery-mt.narod.ru/pages-b/fadeechev.html Page Fadeyechev's on The Gallery of Masters of Musical Theatre]
* [http://gallery-mt.narod.ru/pages-b/fadeechev.html Page Fadeyechev's on The Gallery of Masters of Musical Theatre]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Bolshoi Ballet principal dancers]]
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Latest revision as of 18:59, 1 November 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Fadeyechev.
Nikolai Fadeyechev
Николай Фадеечев
Fadeyechev with Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake, Milan, 1964
Born(1933-01-27)January 27, 1933
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedJune 23, 2020(2020-06-23) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Ballet dancer, teacher
EmployerBolshoi Theatre
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR

Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev[a] (27 January 1933 – 23 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.

Biography

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Fadeyechev in Swan Lake in Moscow, 1956

Fadeyechev was born 27 January 1933 in Moscow, and was a retired dancer and a teacher and répétiteur of the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1952 he graduated from the Moscow Ballet School, where he had studied with Alexander Rudenko, and joined the Bolshoi Theatre, where he performed many principal roles. He made his international debut in London in 1956 with the ballet Giselle, dancing alongside Galina Ulanova.[1] He was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya,[2] Raisa Struchkova, Nina Timofeeva, Marina Kondratyeva, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ekaterina Maximova and Ludmila Semenyaka. After retiring from the stage in 1977,[3] he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. His students have included Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Andrey Uvarov, Sergei Filin, Ruslan Skvortsov and Artem Ovcharenko.

Personal life

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He was married to Irina Kholina, a ballerina, and had two sons: Aleksei Fadeyechev [ru], a choreographer for the Bolshoi,[4] and Aleksandr. On June 23, 2020, Fadeyechev died of heart failure in Moscow, at 87 years of age.[2]

Repertoire

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Russian: Николай Борисович Фадеечев, romanized: Nikolay Borisovich Fadeyechev

References

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  1. ^ "Nikolai Fadeyechev obituary". The Times. July 31, 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kisselgoff, Anna (4 July 2020). "Nikolai Fadeyechev, Elegant Bolshoi Dancer, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Всесоюзный принц". Kommersant (in Russian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ Macaulay, Alastair (18 April 2014). "At Bolshoi, the Battle for Ballet Still Rages". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.


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