Nikolai Fadeyechev

Nikolai Fadeyechev
Nikolai Fadeyechev in a scene from ballet Swan Lake. 1 january 1956
Born	Николай Борисович Фадеечев January 27, 1933 Moscow, USSR
Occupation	Ballet Dancer
Employer	Bolshoi Theatre
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR

Nikolai Fadeyechev (Template:Lang-ru) was a Russian dancer, People's Artist of the USSR.

Biography

Nikolai Fadeyechev born 27 January 1933 in Moscow, was a Soviet dancer and danced many principal roles at the Bolshoi Ballet, graduated from the Moscow Ballet School in 1952 and joined the Bolshoi Theatre, danced many principal roles. He danced alongside some of the great ballerinas such as Galina Ulanova in "Giselle" and "Les Sylphides", was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya, Raisa Struchkova, Nina Timofeeva, Marina Kondratyeva, Ekaterina Maximova, Ludmila Semenyaka. After that, he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Andrey Uvarov, Sergei Filin, Artem Ovcharenko were among her adepts.

Repertoire

• Swan Lake : Prince Siegfried
• The Sleeping Beauty : Prince Désiré, l'Oiseau Bleu
• Nutcracker Suite : Prince, The Mouse King
• Giselle : Albrecht
• Raimonda : Jean de Brienne, Bernard, Grand Pas
• Les Sylphides (called Chopiniana in the Bolshoi production) : Soloist
• Romeo and Juliet : Romeo
• The Fountain of Bakhchisaray : Vatslav
• Laurencia : Frondoso, Youth
• Gayane : Armen
• The Stone Flower : Danila (creator of the role at the Bolshoi theater), Opal
• The Firebird (L’oiseau de feu) : Prince Ivan (creator of the role at the Bolshoi theater)
• Spartacus : Harmodius (creator of the role)
• Carmen Suite : Jose (creator of the role)
• Anna Karenina : Karenin (creator of the role)
• Asel : Ilyas (creator of the role)
• Prelude : Soloist (creator of the role)
• Class Concert : Soloist

See also

• List of Russian ballet dancers

External links

• Page Fadeyechev's on the website Bolshoi Theatre
• Fadeyechev partnering the Ulanova in "Giselle"
• With Maya Plisetskaya in "Swan Lake"
• Page Fadeyechev's on The Gallery of Masters of Musical Theatre