Radina, Lyubov Petrovna

Lyubov Radina was born in St. Petersburg in the family of the dramatic actor of the St. Petersburg branch of the imperial theaters P.D. Radin on February 14, 1838 . The elder sister Sofya Petrovna Radina (1830-1870), was also a ballerina, a characteristic dancer, left the stage at the age of 22.

From childhood, Lyubov Petrovna was surrounded by an artistic atmosphere. Like many children from artistic families, she also saw herself only on stage. Received at the St. Petersburg Theater School, ballet department. Among her teachers were well-known French dancers who taught in Russia, Pierre Frederick Malaverne (by the stage name Frederick), E. Huget.

After graduation, she was accepted into the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet Troupe, successfully debuting in 1855 in the main party of the ballet Armida, replacing Fanny Cerrito , who shone in this role.

On the stage of the imperial theater, she worked for thirty years, from 1855 to 1885.

She immediately gained fame and approval of theatrical criticism both as a classical dancer and as a performer of mimic roles ^[1] . For ten years, 1870-1880, Lyubov Radina was the leading performer of characteristic dances. Criticism noted: “Outstanding success was characteristic in dances, requiring fire and passion, but also in mimic roles” ^[2] , “She performed classical parts that required serious technique and mimicry ... Criticism also highly appreciated her performance of dances in ballets” ^{[ 1]} .

She graduated from her artistic career in 1885.

on the stage of the Bolshoi (Stone) Theater

• 1855 - Armida
• Satanilla , " Satanilla, or Love and Hell "
• 1858 - Gulnara , Corsair , choreographer Jules Perrault
• 1860 -?, "Packeretta", choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
• 1862 - “The Orphan of Theolind, or the Spirit of the Valley”, choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
• 1862 - Ramsey , “ Daughter of the Pharaoh ”, choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1864 -?, The Little Humpbacked Horse , choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
• Katarina , "Katarina, the daughter of a robber"
• Mirta , Giselle

On the stage of the Mariinsky Theater

• 1871 - Spanish chic *, Don Quixote , choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1872 - Moorish dance *, "Camargo", choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1874 - Malabar dance *, " Butterfly ", choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1876 - Bacchic dance * “The Adventures of Peleus”, choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1876 ​​- festive divertissement *, “The Vakula Blacksmith ” by P. I. Tchaikovsky (together with Matilda Madayeva , Maria Amosova, Pavel Gerdt , Lev Ivanov , Alexander Pisho and Felix Kshesinsky )
• January 23, 1877 - Hindu dance * La Bayadere , choreographer Marius Petipa (with Felix Kshesinsky and Alexander Pisho )
• 1878 - Montenegrin dance *, "Roxana, the beauty of Montenegro", choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1880 - Chardash *, “Danube Virgin”, choreographer Marius Petipa
• 1881 - Abyssinian dance *, Zoraya, choreographer Marius Petipa
• Ramis , “The Cyprus Statue”
• Cossack , "Night and Day"
• Lezginka , opera Ruslan and Lyudmila , choreographer Alexander Bogdanov

(*) - first performer

• Pleshcheyev A. , “Our ballet (1673-1899). Ballet in Russia until the beginning of the 19th century. ” 2 ed., St. Petersburg. 1W9
• Vazem E. , “Notes of the ballerina of the St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theater. 1867-1884 ”, L.-M., 1937; Reprint: Planet of Music, St. Petersburg, 2009, ISBN 978-5-8114-0993-8
• Krasovskaya V.M. , Russian Ballet Theater of the second half of the 19th century L.-M., 1963

• Encyclopedia of Ballet (page 45) // author of the article T. E. Kuzovleva
• National Historical Encyclopedia (link unavailable)