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Irina Kolpakova

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Irina Kolpakova
Born
Irina Aleksandrovna Kolpakova

(1933-05-22) 22 May 1933 (age 91)
Occupation(s)Ballerina, choreographer, pedagogue

Irina Aleksandrovna Kolpakova (Russian: Ирина Александровна Колпакова; born 22 May 1933)[1][2] is a Soviet and Russian ballerina, choreographer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1965) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1983).

Biography

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She was the prima ballerina of the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (now the Mariinsky Theatre) in Saint Petersburg. From 1974 to 1979, she served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[1]

In the 1990s, she worked for several seasons as choreographer and coach at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. She is currently a professor of classical dance at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in Saint Petersburg and a ballet coach at American Ballet Theatre.

She is married to the noted ballet dancer Vladilen Semyonov, also a People's Artist of the USSR. They live in the Tolstoy House building in Saint Petersburg.[3]

Awards and honors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Brief biography at Heroes of the Country (in Russian)
  2. ^ "75-летний юбилей отмечает народная артистка СССР Ирина Колпакова" [People's Artist of USSR Irina Kolpakova celebrates her 75th birthday]. Oreanda News (in Russian). 22 May 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ Знаменитые жители Толстовского дома [Tolstoy House and its Famous Residents] (in Russian). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2009 (in Russian)
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