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Igor Belsky

Russian ballet dancer (1925-1999)

Born 1925 · Saint PetersburgDied 1999RussiaSoviet Union
Igor Belsky
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Igor Belsky was a Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1925 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1999.

Biography

Igor Dmitrievich Belsky (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Бельский; 28 March 1925, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 3 July 1999, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. After 20 years of solo work (1942–62) he became a chief choreographer of Maly Theatre (1962–73), artistic director of Kirov Ballet (1973–77), artistic director of Cairo Ballet (1977–78), chief ballet master at the Leningrad Music Hall (1979–92), and artistic director of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.

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