Abramova, Anastasia (1902–)
Abramova, Anastasia (1902–)
Russian ballet dancer. Born in Russia, 1902; studied with Yekaterina Geltzer and Yekaterina Vazem; entered Bolshoi School, 1910, graduated, 1917; trained with Liubov Bank, Valentina Kudriavtseva, and Nina Podgoretskaya, under direction of Alexander Gorsky and Vassily Tikhomirov at Bolshoi Theater.
Made debut at the Bolshoi as Lise in La Fille Mal Gardée (1922) and was known there for her Swanilda in Coppélia and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty; other roles included Jeanne in Flames of Paris, Tao-Hoa in The Red Flower, and Stepmother and Fairy in Cinderella; retired (1948).
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