Krasovskaya, Vera Mikhailovna

In 1933 she graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School as a teacher, Agrippina Vaganova . In the final performance, she danced a French doll in the ballet “ Fairy of Dolls ”. Was accepted into the ballet troupe of the Leningrad Theater. Kirov . She danced in the performances of the classical repertoire. In 1951 she graduated from the theater department of the Leningrad Theater Institute. A. N. Ostrovsky .

She was married to the famous literary critic and theater critic David Zolotnitsky .

She has appeared in print as a ballet critic since 1941 . She has published over 100 articles on the development of modern choreography. Among them are reviews of stage ballet performances, articles on the work of leading choreographers, reviews of the Leningrad ballet seasons. Since 1950, Krasovskaya combines critical activity with research. The most important work of Vera Krasouskaya is the first in the history of art history fundamental history of Russian ballet. The school of professionalism received in Vaganova’s class and on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, together with a high, aristocratic culture, encyclopedic knowledge, and brilliant language skills, allowed V. M. Krasovskaya to become a major art critic. Some of her works have been translated into English, German, Polish, Czech.

From the memoirs of Jacob Lipkovich ( Cleveland ):

“Of course, I knew for a long time that Vera Mikhailovna was one of the first experts in Russian and world ballet in the country, a ballet critic whose ballet theaters were listened to not only in Moscow, Leningrad, but also far abroad. Everything that can be said about ballet is said in her brilliant books. By the beginning of the eighties, she had written so much about ballet that even a special bibliographic index of Vera Mikhailovna’s works was published ... Although Vera Mikhailovna usually spoke sparingly about herself to us, her colleagues, we knew that she was born in St. Petersburg and studied at a ballet school at Vaganova, she graduated from a theater institute, danced for eight years at the Mariinsky Theater ... But what I was a professor, a doctor of art history, I only found out by chance by looking at the bibliographic reference “Writers of Leningrad” published in 1981. Her modesty, reluctance to talk about herself, unprepossessing and quiet kindness amazed, and still she was in sight. She was attracted to her female charm, a light, almost girlish walk, a smile that warmed the interlocutor and at the same time mockingly mocked him. I stared at her for a long time, the same, as always, light, elegant and beautiful ... In August, Vera Mikhailovna died. They buried her in the Stable Church, in the very one where Pushkin buried 162 years ago. A strange, definitely nonrandom twist of fate: only now many of Vera Mikhailovna's fans have learned that she is Anna Petrovna Kern’s great-granddaughter. And then her invisible meeting with Pushkin ... "

- Yakov Lipkovich ^[2]

In 1998, Vera Krasouskaya was awarded the Triumph Prize ^[3] . Actor Oleg Menshikov knelt before her and presented her with a bouquet of roses ^[4] .

• Doctor of Arts (1965) ^[5]
• Professor (1975)
• Laureate of the Russian Independent Triumph Prize for the Promotion of Higher Achievements of Literature and Art (1998)
• Honored Artist of Russia

1. 1941 - Vera Krasovskaya. Alla Shelest . - L. , 1941.
2. 1951 - V. M. Krasovskaya. “Features of the new. Young forces of the Leningrad ballet. " - L. , 1951.
3. 1954 - Vera Krasovskaya. Galina Ulanova . - L .: The Star , 1954.
4. 1955 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Ballet season in Leningrad. - L .: The Star, 1955.
5. 1956 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Everyday life of the Leningrad ballet. - L .: The Star, 1956.
6. 1957 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Leningrad Ballet continues the search. - L .: The Star, 1957.
7. 1957 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Lyrics and drama in a ballet performance. - L .: “Theater and Life”, 1957.
8. 1957 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "In the debate about Spartak ." - L .: “ Neva Journal ”, 1957.
9. 1957 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Russian ballet". - L .: the magazine "Spark" , 1957. - No. 26 .
10. 1957 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Ballet Theater of Finnish friends." - L .: the magazine "Spark", 1957. - No. 26 .
11. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. “Updating traditions. Vaganova - choreographer ”in the collection" Agripina Yakovlevna Vaganova ". - L. , 1958.
12. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Dancer and style. - L .: "Theater and Life", 1958.
13. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Dancer Nadezhda Bogdanova . - L .: " State Research Institute of Theater and Music ", 1958.
14. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. The path of the Leningrad ballet. - L .: "State Research Institute of Theater and Music", 1958.
15. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Ballet season in Leningrad. - L .: The Star, 1958.
16. 1958 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Russian ballet theater from the beginning to the middle of the XIX century. - Leningrad , 1958.
17. 1959 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Old and new in ballet. - L .: Neva, 1959.
18. 1959 - V. M. Krasovskaya. “Choreographers” - Part 1, “Dancers” - Part 2, “One-act ballets”, Part 3. - L .: in the collection: “ Alexander Glazunov . Research. Materials. Publications. Letters”, vol. 1, “L”, 1959.
19. 1959 - V. M. Krasovskaya. The art of Russian dancers of the 1850-1860s. - L .: in the collection: "Theater and Drama", 1959.
20. 1960 - Vakhtang Chabukiani / V. M. Krasovskaya. - L.- M .: 2 edition, 1960.
21. 1960 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "A rebellious rush in dance." - L .: “Neva Journal”, 1960.
22. 1960 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Times of searching, times of advancement." - L .: Neva magazine, 1960.
23. 1961 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "In search of modern expressiveness." - L .: the journal "Neva", 1961.
24. 1961 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Ballet of Leningrad. - L .: in the collection: "Theater and Drama", 1961.
25. 1962 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Modern expressive means in ballet. - L .: in the collection: "Musical Theater and the Present, 1962.
26. 1964 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Anna Pavlova / Editor K. F. Kulikova and S. B. Nikolai. Proofreader A.A. Grossman. - L .: Art , 1964 .-- 220 p. - ( Luminaries of the Russian scene ). - 70,000 copies.
27. 1964 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "About the classical dance." Introductory article in the book "The ABC of Classical Dance " by Nadezhda Bazarova and Varvara May . - L. , 1964. - ISBN 5-8114-0658-4 .
28. 1964 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Heroic poem. - L. , 1964.
29. 1966 - V. M. Krasovskaya. About the author of this book. - L. - M .: in the book: “Mikhailov M., Life in Ballet”, 1966.
30. 1966 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Dance. Match Style. - L. , 1966.
31. 1967 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Footage Pushkin in the art of Russian choreography. - L .: in the collection: "Pushkin. Research and Materials", "L", 1967.
32. 1967 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Book collection "Articles about the ballet." - Articles: “Lyrics and drama in a ballet performance”, “Creative individuality of the choreographer”, “Questions of modern expressiveness”, “Innovation and traditions”, “Modernity in modern dance”. - “Art”, 1967. - 340 p. - 18,000 copies.
33. 1968 - V. M. Krasovskaya. " Gabriela Komleva ." - L .: in the collection: “Leningrad Ballet Today”, issue 2 “LM”, 1968.
34. 1969 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Dance. Drama. Fate - L. , 1969.
35. 1969 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Dancer Vaclav Nizhinsky . - L. , 1969.
36. 1970 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Galina Ulanova . - L. , 1970.
37. 1971 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Anna Pavlova . - L .: Neva, 1971.
38. 1971 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Tamara Karsavina . - L .: in the book: "Karsavina T. P., Theater Street", "L", 1971.
39. 1971 - 1972 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Russian ballet theater of the early XX century. - L.-M., 1971-1972.
40. 1971 - V. M. Krasovskaya. World creation. - L. , 1971.
41. 1972 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Anatoly Gridin. - L. , 1972.
42. 1974 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Vaclav Nizhinsky . - L .: The Neva, 1974.
43. 1974 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Prometheus ballet. - L .: in the collection: “Music and choreography of modern ballet”, issue 1, “L”, 1974.
44. 1975 - V. M. Krasovskaya. " Alla Osipenko ." - L. , 1975.
45. 1976 - V. M. Krasovskaya. " Irina Kolpakova ." - L .: Neva, 1976.
46. 1978 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Romantic shadows. - L .: in the collection: Konstantin Sergeev , "M", 1978.
47. 1978 - V. M. Krasovskaya. History of Russian ballet. - L. , 1978.
48. 1979 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Western European Ballet Theater". Essays on the story. From the origins to the middle of the XVIII century. - L .: "Art", 1979. - 296 p.
49. 1981 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Western European Ballet Theater". Essays on the story. The era of Noverra. - L .: "Art", 1981. - 285 p.
50. 1983 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Western European Ballet Theater". Essays on the story. Preromantism. - L .: "Art", 1983. - 432 p.
51. 1985 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Nikita Dolgushin . - L .: "Art", 1985. - 184 p.
52. 1989 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova. - L .: "Art", 1989. - 223 p.
53. 1996 - V. M. Krasovskaya. "Western European Ballet Theater". Essays on the story. Romanticism. - M .: "ART", 1996. - 432 p.
54. 1999 - Krasovskaya V. Dance profiles . - SPb. : ARB them. AND I. Vaganova, 1999 .-- 400 p. - (Works of the Academy of Russian Ballet named after A.Ya. Vaganova). - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-93010-001-2 .
55. 1999 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Pavlova. Nizhinsky. Vaganova. Three ballet novels. - M .: "Agraf", 1999. - 574 p.
56. 2005 - Krasovskaya V. Ballet through literature . - SPb. : ARB them. AND I. Vaganova, 2005 .-- 424 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 5-93010-023-3 .
57. 2010 - V. M. Krasovskaya. Russian ballet theater. West European Ballet Theater . - The world of culture, history and philosophy. - ISBN 978-5-8114-1000-2 . (inaccessible link)

• 1980 - Bibliographic works of Krasovsky / A. Ya. Trabsky. - “L”, 1980. - 236 p.
• 1997 - “The Russian Ballet Encyclopedia” - V. Krasovskaya / N.Yu. Chernova . - “Consent”, 1997. - 236 p.
• 2000 - Bibliographic index of the works of Vera Mikhailovna Krasouskaya (1915-1999) / D.I. Zolotnitsky. - St. Petersburg: “ARB im. Vaganova ", 2000. - 95 p. - 300 copies.

• lists of graduates of the Vaganova Ballet Academy: Vera Krasovskaya, 1933

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