Jia Ruskaja was an Italian choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1902 in Kerch, who died in 1970.
Biography
Jia Ruskaja (born Evgeniya Fyodorovna Borisenko, Russian: Евгения Фёдоровна Борисенко; 6 January 1902 – 19 April 1970) was a Russian dancer and choreographer who established the National Dance Academy of Italy. Her stage name "Jia Ruskaja", which means "I am Russian", was used for the first time by Anton Giulio Bragaglia.
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Contemporaries
Nicola Benois
Russian stage designer active mainly in Italy (1901–1988)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Italian actor and poet (1908-1995)
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