Sizova, Alla (1939–)

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Sizova, Alla (1939–)

Soviet ballet dancer. Name variations: Alla Ivanovna Sizova. Born Sept 22, 1939, in Moscow, USSR; grew up in Leningrad where she studied at the Vaganova School under Natalia Kamkova.

Famed for her Aurora, danced with the Kirov Ballet throughout career; made professional debut as Queen of the Dryads in Don Quixote (1958); partnered with Rudolf Nureyev, danced Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty and the pas de deux from Le Corsaire; after Nureyev's defection (1961), regularly performed with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Yuri Soloviev; danced Princess Aurora for the film Spyashchaya krasavitsa (Sleeping Beauty, 1964); also lauded for performances as The Girl in Belsky's Leningrad Symphony, Ophelia in Sergeyev's Hamlet (1970) and Juliet and Giselle; gave final performance at Kirov (1988); joined the faculty of the Vaganova School.