Irina Viktorovna Tikhomirnova ( July 18 (31), 1917 , Moscow - October 29, 1984, ibid.) - Soviet ballet dancer and teacher, Bolshoi Theater soloist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1951), winner of the Stalin Prize of the I degree (1947). The organizer together with Igor Moiseyev of the Young Ballet ensemble ( 1966 , now the Classical Ballet Theater of N. Kasatkina and V. Vasilev ). She was the wife of dancer and teacher Asaf Messerer (1903-1992).
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Biography
Irina Tihomirnova was born on July 18 (31) 1917 in Moscow in the family of a prominent revolutionary, Bolshevik, friend of Vyacheslav Molotov , Viktor Alexandrovich Tikhomirnov. She graduated from the Moscow Choreographic School (teachers Elizaveta Gerdt and Victor Semenov ). In 1936 - 1959 she danced in the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater .
During the Great Patriotic War, she was evacuated along with the theater to Kuibyshev , where she continued to perform the main parts, and also performed with concert teams in front of the soldiers of the 2nd Baltic Front .
Concert activities involved until 1962. Since 1959 she worked as an assistant teacher at the Moscow Choreographic School , since 1961 - in the troupe of the Brussels Theater " La Monnaie ".
In 1966 , together with Igor Moiseev, she took part in the creation of the choreographic concert ensemble “ Young Ballet ”, until 1970 she was its director (Moiseev - artistic director). Since 1970 - teacher and tutor of " Mosconcert ", since 1981 - artistic director of the Ensemble of classical ballet of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic Society.
Irina Tikhomirnova died in Moscow on October 29, 1984 . Buried at the Don Cemetery .
Personal Life
She was married to a dancer and teacher, a representative of the Plisetskys dynasty - Messerer, Asaf Messerer . Son - Mikhail Tikhomirnov, was also a ballet dancer of the Bolshoi Theater . At the turn of 1990-2000, he organized in Moscow, on the basis of a secondary school, the Irina Tikhomirnova Ballet School, and led it himself.
Ballet Parties
- Maria , “The Bakhchisarai Fountain ” by B. Asafiev, choreography by R. Zakharov
- Assol *, " Scarlet Sails " by V. Yurovsky
- Pannochka , “ Taras Bulba ” by V. Solovyov-Sedoy, choreography by R. Zakharov
- Odette and Odile , Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov, edited by A. Messerer
- Florin and Aurora , " Sleeping Beauty " by P. Tchaikovsky
- Masha , The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky
- Raymonda , Raymond A. K. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa
- Cinderella , “ Cinderella ” by S. Prokofiev, choreography by R. Zakharov
- Swanilda , “ Coppelia ” by L. Delibes, choreography by A. Gorsky
- Kitri , “ Don Quixote ” by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa and A. Gorsky, edited by R. Zakharov
- Zhanna , “The Flame of Paris ” by B. Asafiev, choreography by V. Vainonen
- Madlon , “ Fadetta ” L. Deliba
- (*) - the first performer of the party
Awards and prizes
- 1947 - Stalin Prize I degree "for the performance of the part of Jeanne in the ballet performance" The Flame of Paris "B. V. Asafiev"
- 1951 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR