dirac Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Violetta Elvin has died at age 96. Quote Only 22 when she arrived in the UK, Elvin had been marked out for a high-flying career with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, and formed by some of the very best teachers, including the St Petersburg trained Elizaveta Gerdt and Mariya Kozhukhova, the latter bringing to Moscow the methods of Agrippina Vaganova that underpinned all Russian training. Such was Elvin’s talent that she began her professional career at soloist level without the usual period in the corps de ballet. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 A review of the British Ballet Charity Gala by Jann Parry for DanceTabs. Quote The audience was similarly spread out among the rows of red plush seats in the stalls, carefully socially distanced. VIP guests, photographed at their arrival in the front entrance, were tucked away in boxes. Though large programme sheets provided cast lists and credits, no further information was given for the dance works, often baffling. Link to comment
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