Vera Trefilova (Russian: Ð'ера Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð°
Трефилова) (b Vladikavkaz, 8 Oct. 1875, d Paris, 11 July
1943) was a Russian dancer and teacher.She studied at the Imperial
Ballet School in St Petersburg with Ekaterina Vazem and graduated in
1894. She later studied with Evgenia Sokolova, Nikolai Legat, Catarina
Beretta and Enrico Cecchetti. She joined the ballet company at the
Maryinsky Theatre in 1894 and was promoted to soloist in 1901. She
created roles in Lev Ivanov's Acis and Galatea (1896), N. and S.
Legat's The Fairy Doll (1903), N. Legat's The Blood-Red Flower (1907),
and Mikhail Fokine's The Night of Terpsichore (1907). In 1906 she was
promoted to prima ballerina, known for her 32 fouettés. She triumphed
as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, but resigned in 1910, partly
due to her dislike of Fokine's innovations, but above all due to a
rivalry with the Maryinsky's reigning ballerina, Mathilde
Kschessinska.In 1915 she made her debut as an actress at the
Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.In 1917 she left Russia and
opened a ballet school in Paris: among her pupils were Marina
Svetlova, Mary Skeaping, Nina Vyroubova and Mari Bicknell.
Трефилова) (b Vladikavkaz, 8 Oct. 1875, d Paris, 11 July
1943) was a Russian dancer and teacher.She studied at the Imperial
Ballet School in St Petersburg with Ekaterina Vazem and graduated in
1894. She later studied with Evgenia Sokolova, Nikolai Legat, Catarina
Beretta and Enrico Cecchetti. She joined the ballet company at the
Maryinsky Theatre in 1894 and was promoted to soloist in 1901. She
created roles in Lev Ivanov's Acis and Galatea (1896), N. and S.
Legat's The Fairy Doll (1903), N. Legat's The Blood-Red Flower (1907),
and Mikhail Fokine's The Night of Terpsichore (1907). In 1906 she was
promoted to prima ballerina, known for her 32 fouettés. She triumphed
as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, but resigned in 1910, partly
due to her dislike of Fokine's innovations, but above all due to a
rivalry with the Maryinsky's reigning ballerina, Mathilde
Kschessinska.In 1915 she made her debut as an actress at the
Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.In 1917 she left Russia and
opened a ballet school in Paris: among her pupils were Marina
Svetlova, Mary Skeaping, Nina Vyroubova and Mari Bicknell.
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