Krasovskaya, Vera (d. 1999)

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Krasovskaya, Vera (d. 1999)

Russian ballet historian and critic. Died Aug 15, 1999, age 83, in St. Petersburg, Russia; trained at Leningrad Choreographic School with Agrippina Vagonova; m. David Zolotnitsky; children: Yuri.

Performed with Kirov Ballet (1933–41); studied at Leningrad Ostrovsky Institute of Theater (1946), then joined its faculty (1951); wrote about the ballet world for Soviet and foreign periodicals; wrote 2 4-volume histories, Ballet Theater in Russia (1958–72) and Western European Ballet Theater (1996); also wrote biographies of Pavlova, Nijinsky and Vagonova, among others.