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Sofia Golovkina

Russian ballet dancer and educator (1915–2004)

Born 1915 · MoscowDied 2004RussiaSoviet Union

Sofia Golovkina was a Russian ballet dancer, dancer and ballet master, born in 1915 in Moscow, who died in 2004.

Biography

Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (October 13 1915 [O.S. September 30] – February 17, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933, she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959. In 1960, she became director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School. For her work, Golovkina was awarded the Russian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the USSR, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She died in 2004 in Moscow.

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