Nikolai Fadeyechev

Nikolai Fadeyechev
Nikolai Fadeyechev in a scene from Swan Lake. 1 January 1956
Born	Николай Борисович Фадеечев (1933-01-27) 27 January 1933 Moscow, USSR
Occupation	ballet dancer
Employer	Bolshoi Theatre
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR

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

Biography

Nikolai Fadeyechev, born 27 January 1933 in Moscow, is a retired dancer and currently 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 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, Raisa Struchkova, Nina Timofeeva, 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, Andrey Uvarov, Sergei Filin, Ruslan Skvortsov and Artem Ovcharenko.

Repertoire

• Swan Lake: Prince Siegfried
• The Sleeping Beauty: Prince Désiré, Bluebird
• Nutcracker Suite: Prince, 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 (first interpreter at the Bolshoi Theater), Opal
• The Firebird (L’oiseau de feu): Prince Ivan (first interpreter at the Bolshoi Theater)
• Spartacus: Harmodius (first interpreter)
• Carmen Suite: José (first interpreter)
• Anna Karenina: Karenin (first interpreter)
• Asel: Ilyas (first interpreter)
• Prelude: Soloist (first interpreter)
• Class Concert: Soloist

See also

• List of Russian ballet dancers

External links

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