Choreographer · Dancer · Ballet Master

Sarkis Djanbazian

Armenian artist (1914-1963)

Born 1914 · ArmavirDied 1963IranSoviet Union

Sarkis Djanbazian was an Iranian choreographer, dancer and ballet master, born in 1914 in Armavir, who died in 1963.

Biography

Sarkis Djanbazian (Armenian: Սարգիս Ջանբազյան; Persian: سرکیس جانبازیان), also written as Sarkis Janbazian, (15 January 1913 in Armavir – 11 December 1963 in Tehran) was a Russian-born Iranian-Armenian artist. He was the first male ballet master, dancer, choreographer, producer, as well as the founder of a ballet academy in Iran.

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