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'''Inna Zubkovskaya''' (29 November 1923 – 5 February 2001) was a Russian [[ballerina]]. She was trained at the [[Bolshoi School]] and graduated in 1941. She immediately joined the [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov Ballet]] where she remained until her retirement in 1970. According to Meisner, "her flawless technique, allied to a sensitive reticence, fitted the Maryinsky's elegant purity and they invited her to join".<ref name=meisner/> She was half-Jewish with an exceptional, dark-eyed beauty - earning the nickname the Black Pearl.<ref name=meisner/> She then became a teacher of the company until her death. She married twice: first to [[Nikolai Zubkovsky]] - whose name she kept for the stage - before divorcing him and marrying [[Sviatoslav Kusnetsov]]. Both her husbands were dancers.<ref name=barnes/> and her daughter, Katerina, and her son, Nikolai, both became dancers in the Maryinsky.<ref name=meisner>{{cite news|author=Meisner, Nadine|title=Obituary of Inna Zubkovskaya|work=[[The Independent]]|date=14 March 2001|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/inna-zubkovskaya-728928.html|accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> |
'''Inna Zubkovskaya''' (29 November 1923 – 5 February 2001) was a Russian [[ballerina]]. She was trained at the [[Bolshoi School]] and graduated in 1941. She immediately joined the [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov Ballet]] where she remained until her retirement in 1970. According to Meisner, "her flawless technique, allied to a sensitive reticence, fitted the Maryinsky's elegant purity and they invited her to join".<ref name=meisner/> She was half-Jewish with an exceptional, dark-eyed beauty - earning the nickname the Black Pearl.<ref name=meisner/> She then became a teacher of the company until her death. She married twice: first to [[Nikolai Zubkovsky]] - whose name she kept for the stage - before divorcing him and marrying [[Sviatoslav Kusnetsov]]. Both her husbands were dancers.<ref name=barnes/> and her daughter, Katerina, and her son, Nikolai, both became dancers in the Maryinsky.<ref name=meisner>{{cite news|author=Meisner, Nadine|title=Obituary of Inna Zubkovskaya|work=[[The Independent]]|date=14 March 2001|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/inna-zubkovskaya-728928.html|accessdate=27 June 2019}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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Zubkovskaya was unusual as she was a [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov]] dancer with a [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi]] background. This arose as she was evacuated to [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], a wartime haven for Soviet artists and arts institutions, where she joined the [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov Ballet]]. She danced many major roles of the classical repertory, including Odette/Odile in ''[[Swan Lake]]'', Nikiya in ''[[La Bayadère]]'', Kitri in ''[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]'', the Lilac Fairy in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' and the title role of ''[[La Esmeralda (ballet)|La Esmeralda]]''.<ref name=segal>{{cite news|author=Segal, Lewis|title=Inna Zubkovskaya; Renowned Dancer With Russia's Kirov Ballet|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 3, 2001|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-me-32671-story.html|accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> |
Zubkovskaya was unusual as she was a [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov]] dancer with a [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi]] background. This arose as she was evacuated to [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], a wartime haven for Soviet artists and arts institutions, where she joined the [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov Ballet]]. She danced many major roles of the classical repertory, including Odette/Odile in ''[[Swan Lake]]'', Nikiya in ''[[La Bayadère]]'', Kitri in ''[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]'', the Lilac Fairy in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' and the title role of ''[[La Esmeralda (ballet)|La Esmeralda]]''.<ref name=segal>{{cite news|author=Segal, Lewis|title=Inna Zubkovskaya; Renowned Dancer With Russia's Kirov Ballet|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 3, 2001|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-me-32671-story.html|accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> |
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Inna Zubkovskaya | |
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| Born | Inna Borisovna Izraelyeva 29 November 1923 |
| Died | 5 February 2001 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Spouse(s) | Nikolai Zubkovsky Svyatoslav Kuznetsov |
Inna Zubkovskaya (29 November 1923 – 5 February 2001) was a Russian ballerina. She was trained at the Bolshoi School and graduated in 1941. She immediately joined the Kirov Ballet where she remained until her retirement in 1970. According to Meisner, "her flawless technique, allied to a sensitive reticence, fitted the Maryinsky's elegant purity and they invited her to join".[1] She was half-Jewish with an exceptional, dark-eyed beauty - earning the nickname the Black Pearl.[1] She then became a teacher of the company until her death. She married twice: first to Nikolai Zubkovsky - whose name she kept for the stage - before divorcing him and marrying Sviatoslav Kusnetsov. Both her husbands were dancers.[2] and her daughter, Katerina, and her son, Nikolai, both became dancers in the Maryinsky.[1]
Zubkovskaya was unusual as she was a Kirov dancer with a Bolshoi background. This arose as she was evacuated to Perm, a wartime haven for Soviet artists and arts institutions, where she joined the Kirov Ballet. She danced many major roles of the classical repertory, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Nikiya in La Bayadère, Kitri in Don Quixote, the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and the title role of La Esmeralda.[3]
The roles she created include the classic role of Phrygia in Leonid Jacobson's version of Spartacus in 1956 and Mekhmene-Banu in Yuri Grigorovich's Legend of Love in 1961.[2] Jacobson also made Shuraleh for her and she scored an enormous success in his Choreographic Miniatures, dancing the Eternal Idol, based on a Rodin sculpture.[1]
Zubkovskaya did not dance frequently in the West, although in 1961 when the Kirov made its first appearances outside Russia, she was the first-cast Odette-Odile in Swan Lake and was partnered by Vladilen Semyonov.[2] She opened the New York season in that role at the Metropolitan Opera House on 11 September 1961.[2] Other notable roles included the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and as the Mistress of the Copper Mountain in Grigorovich's The Stone Flower.[2] Zubkovskaya and her second husband, Sviatoslav Kusnetsov, played the title roles in the Russian film Aleko which was released in 1953.[4] She was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1951, among other honours.[3]
She coached many famous dancers during her teaching career, including: Altynai Asylmutova, Larissa Lezhnina, Elvira Terasova, and Veronika Part.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Meisner, Nadine (14 March 2001). "Obituary of Inna Zubkovskaya". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2019.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e Barnes, Clive. "Inna Zubkovskaya". Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ a b Segal, Lewis (March 3, 2001). "Inna Zubkovskaya; Renowned Dancer With Russia's Kirov Ballet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Inna Zubkovskaya Filmography
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