Ekaterina Sankovskaya
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Ekaterina Sankovskaya was a Russia
n dancer who graduated from the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School in 1836. Revered for her celebrated performances in the title roles of such works as Giselle
and La Esmeralda
, Sankovskaya was among the most admired ballerinas of her time in Moscow. She taught ballroom dance in private houses after retiring in 1854. One of her pupils was the theatre director Konstantin Stanislavsky.
Russia
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n dancer who graduated from the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School in 1836. Revered for her celebrated performances in the title roles of such works as Giselle
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
and La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda (ballet)
La Esmeralda is a ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot; with music by Cesare Pugni and design by William Grieve , D. Sloman , Mme...
, Sankovskaya was among the most admired ballerinas of her time in Moscow. She taught ballroom dance in private houses after retiring in 1854. One of her pupils was the theatre director Konstantin Stanislavsky.