Theodore Kosloff (Russian: ФÑ'дор Михайлович
Козлов; Fyodor Mikhailovich Kozlov; January 22, 1882 â€"
November 22, 1956) was a Russian-born ballet dancer, choreographer,
and film and stage actor. He was occasionally credited as Theodor
Kosloff.Born in Moscow in 1882, Kosloff began his professional ballet
career after training at Moscow's Imperial Theater. After graduating
in 1901, he began touring internationally with the Diaghilev Ballet
Company which he had joined in 1909. He was a preferred partner of
Tamara Karsavina.After arriving in the United States in 1909, Kosloff
was introduced to influential film director Cecil B. De Mille by the
actress and writer Jeanie MacPherson. DeMille was also encouraged to
sign Kosloff due to the persistence of his young niece Agnes de Mille,
who was an ardent fan of the ballet dancer. DeMille was immediately
impressed by the dark-haired young dancer and quickly put Kosloff to
work as an actor. Kosloff's first role was in the 1917 DeMille
directed The Woman God Forgot opposite the popular American singer and
actress, Geraldine Farrar. In Hollywood, Kosloff began a romantic
relationship with the American future set-and costume designer and
Mrs. Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova. The two danced on the
vaudeville stage together. The affair however, was brief and
tumultuous.By December 1912, Kosloff was reported to be the
choreographic director of La Saison Russe, preparing a short run of
American premiers of operas and ballets for Spring 1913 in New York,
in coordination with Morris Gest. The pre-season announcement promised
Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina and Boris Godunov, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko
and The Tsar's Bride, Anton Rubinstein's Demon, Alexander Borodin's
Prince Igor and Mikhail Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila.
Козлов; Fyodor Mikhailovich Kozlov; January 22, 1882 â€"
November 22, 1956) was a Russian-born ballet dancer, choreographer,
and film and stage actor. He was occasionally credited as Theodor
Kosloff.Born in Moscow in 1882, Kosloff began his professional ballet
career after training at Moscow's Imperial Theater. After graduating
in 1901, he began touring internationally with the Diaghilev Ballet
Company which he had joined in 1909. He was a preferred partner of
Tamara Karsavina.After arriving in the United States in 1909, Kosloff
was introduced to influential film director Cecil B. De Mille by the
actress and writer Jeanie MacPherson. DeMille was also encouraged to
sign Kosloff due to the persistence of his young niece Agnes de Mille,
who was an ardent fan of the ballet dancer. DeMille was immediately
impressed by the dark-haired young dancer and quickly put Kosloff to
work as an actor. Kosloff's first role was in the 1917 DeMille
directed The Woman God Forgot opposite the popular American singer and
actress, Geraldine Farrar. In Hollywood, Kosloff began a romantic
relationship with the American future set-and costume designer and
Mrs. Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova. The two danced on the
vaudeville stage together. The affair however, was brief and
tumultuous.By December 1912, Kosloff was reported to be the
choreographic director of La Saison Russe, preparing a short run of
American premiers of operas and ballets for Spring 1913 in New York,
in coordination with Morris Gest. The pre-season announcement promised
Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina and Boris Godunov, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko
and The Tsar's Bride, Anton Rubinstein's Demon, Alexander Borodin's
Prince Igor and Mikhail Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila.
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