Sakharoff, Clotilde (1892–1974)

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Sakharoff, Clotilde (1892–1974)

German concert dancer. Name variations: Clothilde von Derp Sakharoff or von Derp-Sakharoff. Born Clothilde von der Planitz, 1892, in Berlin, Germany; died Jan 11, 1974, in Rome, Italy; m. Alexandre Sakharoff (1886–1963, dancer).

Performed debut solo recital at age 15, to works by Chopin, Strauss, and Schubert; danced in Max Reinhardt's Sumurun and Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté in Germany and London; appeared in numerous concert recitals on tour with Alexandre Sakharoff, whom she later married; with husband, opened dance studio in Rome (early 1950s) and choreographed Visions du Moyen Age (1920), May Day Danse (1920), Humoresque (1922), Chanson Negre (1922), Valses Rouges (1923), Plein Bonheur (1926), Prelude et Fugue (1930), Papillon (1933) and Danse de Destin (1937).