People’s Artist of the USSR, Russian and Soviet ballerina Svetlana Adyrkhaeva died at the age of 86.
“Svetlana Adyrkhaeva passed away two hours ago. After a long illness, he died at home, ”said the press service of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia.
The departure time and date have not been selected yet, they will be announced separately.
“Part of the great history of the Bolshoi”
“He was associated with the Bolshoi Theater all his life, serving it faithfully until his last days. We mourn forever and know that Svetlana Dzantemirovna will forever remain a part of the great history of the Bolshoi Theatre,” said Mahar Vaziev, artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet.
He expressed gratitude to Adyrkhaeva for the generosity with which she shared her love of ballet, theater and talent. “We will remember him as long as we live,” said Vaziev.
Adyrkhaeva said that she remained in operation almost until the end News.ru Bolshoi Theater actress Ksenia Ryabinkina. According to her, the ballerina recently gave a concert with her students in Vladikavkaz she.
“Svetlana Adyrkhaeva was a wonderful dancer, she was very graceful and beautiful. Until the last day, she was still in her working uniform, studied with students and even went with them to Vladikavkaz. This is a wonderful person and a ballerina, I am very sorry that he died, ”said Ryabinkina.
Parties at the Bolshoi Theater
Adyrkhaeva was born on May 12, 1938 in the village of Khumalag of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
From 1960 to 1988 she was the soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet Ensemble, studied in the class of People’s Artist of the USSR Asaf Messerer (and posed for photos for the textbook “Classical Dance Lessons”). His teachers were Galina Ulanova and Marina Semenova.
In 1980, she graduated from the State Institute of Theater Arts, Ballet Master’s Department. After her studies, she was accepted into the troupe of the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theater and danced in the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater in 1958-1960.
“The wonderful dancers were completely different, both on stage and in the rehearsal room. Marina Timofeevna taught brightly, broadly and loudly. If she saw what the artist perceives at a glance, she would be excited, caught in temperament and emotions.<…> Ulanova was the opposite, she spoke softly, gently corrected, paid attention to the nuances, practiced the game piece by piece, then from these small fragments the general picture emerged – a real, spiritual picture, – remembered Adyrkhaev.
In the main ballet stage of the country, Zarema in Boris Asafiev’s Bakhchisaray Fountain, Odette-Odile in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Kitri in Ludwig Minkus’s Don Quixote, Gayane in Aram Khachaturian’s ballet of the same name, Mistress of the Mistress. sang it. Copper Mountain in Stone Flower » Sergei Prokofiev and others.
He received the title of People’s Artist in 1984. He received the Order of the Badge of Honor and the II. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Fatherland of Rank.
“You can’t calm down in ballet”
He founded his own troupe “Svetlana Adyrkhaeva Ballet Theatre” in 1991 and served as artistic director until 1996, when the sponsors of the theater unfortunately went bankrupt. “I had my most difficult period: 1991-1996. We – all the “people of the USSR” – were expelled from the theater (not only in ballet, but also in opera). As I said, they swept all the people with a filthy broom ”- said Why did Adyrkhaeva create the theater?
In 1995-2001, Natalia Nesterova taught classical dance at the Academy of Choreography of the New Humanitarian University.
In 2001, Adyrkhaeva returned to the Bolshoi Theater as a teacher and worked with Anna Antonicheva, Ekaterina Krysanova, Evgenia Obraztsova, Anastasia Stashkevich, Maria Semenyachenko, Anastasia Yatsenko and other artists.
“You can’t be successful in ballet and calm down. You always have to move forward. Katya and Nastya (Ekaterina Krysanova and Anastasia Stashkevich. – socialbites.ca) are next to me immediately after graduation. They are not only very skilled, but also real warriors, working seriously and with concentration. They don’t do favors, they just get creative. I am happy with all my girls ”- replied It’s about choreographer students.
Since 2013, he is a member of the Art Council of the Bolshoi Ballet Ensemble.
She is married to Alexei Zakalinsky, a dancer, choreographer and teacher, and they have a daughter named Fatima.