Zubkovsky, Nikolai Alexandrovich

In 1931 he graduated from LHU , where his teachers were L. S. Leontyev and V. I. Ponomarev . As a student, he made his debut on the stage of the S.L. In 1931 - 1962 he was a soloist at the S.A. Kirov LATOB . At the same time, in 1934 - 1946 he danced the leading parties in the LMATOB named after M.P. Mussorgsky .

Along with V. M. Chabukiani and A. N. Ermolaev , Zubkovsky was one of the outstanding dancers of his time, a “pioneer of dance” - as defined by Yuri Grigorovich:

It can be said without exaggeration that the influence of Zubkovsky’s personality and work on the generation of artists who came to the Leningrad ballet in the mid 1940s and early 1950s was exceptional. His dance-flight, dance-character excited the thought and imagination. Zubkovsky rose above the everydayness of the epigones of the “drama ballet”, over the frozen canons of classical dance, revealing its inexhaustible figurative power .

- Yuri Grigorovich ^[2]

In 1962 - 1965 he taught a male class at the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater named after S. M. Kirov , and from 1965 until the end of his life he taught classical dance at the Leningrad Choreographic School . Among his students: Boris Blankov , Dmitry Bryantsev , Vadim Gulyaev , Oleg Ignatiev , Vasily Ostrovsky , Tiit Harm and others.

He died in Leningrad on June 3, 1971 and was buried at the Bolsheokhtinsky cemetery .

Family

• first wife - Inna Zubkovskaya (nee Izraileva) (1923-2001), an outstanding Soviet ballerina, soloist of LATOB named after S. M. Kirov . Daughter - Ekaterina Zubkovskaya - ballet dancer.
• the second wife is Ninel Kurgapkina (1929-2009), an outstanding Soviet ballerina, soloist of LATOB named after S. M. Kirov .

• 1931 - The Sleeping Beauty ; choreography by M. I. Petipa , Blue Bird
• 1932 - “Giselle” by A. Adana , choreography by J. Coralli , J. Perrault and M. I. Petipa - Classical pas de de
• 1932 - “Red Poppy” , choreographer F.V. Lopukhov - Chinese God
• 1933 - “The Flames of Paris” , choreographer V. I. Vainonen - Pierre
• 1934 - The Nutcracker , choreographer V.I. Vainonen - Payat and Negro
• 1935 - “The Bakhchisarai Fountain” , choreographer R.V. Zakharov - Young man
• 1936 - “Katerina” , choreographer L. M. Lavrovsky - Zephyr
• 1936 - “Ice Maiden” , choreographer F.V. Lopukhov - Winter bird
• 1936 - “The Flames of Paris” , choreographer V. I. Vainonen - Philippe
• 1937 - The Little Humpbacked Horse , choreography by A. Gorsky , The Genius of Waters
• 1937 - The Nutcracker , choreographer V. Vainonen - Prince
• 1938 - “The Flames of Paris” , choreographer V. Vainonen - Jerome
• 1938 - Raymonda , choreographer V. Vainonen - Page
• 1938 - Esmeralda , choreographer A. Ya. Vaganova - Acteon
• 1938 - Chopiniana , choreography by M. Fokin - Young Man
• 1939 - Corsair , choreography by M. Petipa, revised by A. Ya. Vaganova, staged by A. I. Chekrygin - Slave
• 1939 - Carnival , choreography by M. Fokin - Harlequin
• 1939 - “Bakhchisaray Fountain” , choreographer R. Zakharov - Wenceslas
• 1940 - Swan Lake , choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov, revised version by L. Lavrovsky - Pas de trois
• 1940 - “Romeo and Juliet” , choreographer L. M. Lavrovsky - Troubadour
• 1941 - “Taras Bulba” , choreographer F. Lopukhov - Andriy
• 1941 - " Laurencia ", choreographer V. Chabukiani - Mengo
• 1942 - Don Quixote , choreography by A. Gorsky - Basil
• 1942 - “Gayane” , choreographer N. Anisimova - Karen - first performer
• 1943 - “Vain Precaution" , choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov, revised version by V. Ponomarev - Kolen
• 1945 - Swan Lake , choreography by M. I. Petipa and L. Ivanov, revised version by F. V. Lopukhov - Siegfried
• 1945 - Sleeping Beauty , choreography by M. I. Petipa, Prince Desiree
• 1947 - “Cinderella” , choreographer K. M. Sergeev - Prince
• 1947 - “Tatyana” by A. A. Krein , choreographer V.P. Burmeister - Nikolai - first performer
• 1948 - “Militsa” , choreographer V.I. Vainonen - Zoran
• 1948 - La Bayadere , own choreography - Golden God - the first performer
• 1949 - “Red Poppy” , choreographer R.V. Zakharov - Li Shanfu - first performer
• 1951 - The Bronze Horseman , choreographer R. V. Zakharov - Eugene
• 1955 - “Romeo and Juliet” , choreographer L. M. Lavrovsky - Mercutio
• 1955 - Esmeralda , choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by A. Ya. Vaganova, Pierre Gringoire

• 1934 - “Harlequinade” , choreographer F.V. Lopukhov - Harlequin
• 1935 - “Bright Stream” , choreographer F.V. Lopukhov - Classical dancer - first performer
• 1936 - “Fadetta” , choreographer L. M. Lavrovsky - Rene - first performer
• 1937 - “Vain Precaution" , choreographer L. M. Lavrovsky - Kolen
• 1940 - “The Tale of the Priest and his Workman Balda” , choreographer V. A. Varkovitsky - Besenok - first performer
• 1940 - “Coppelia” , choreographer F.V. Lopukhov - Premiere of the ballet
• 1940 - “Ashik-Kerib” , choreographer B. A. Fenster - Plyasun - first performer
• 1946 - “The Imaginary Bridegroom” , choreographer B. A. Fenster - Truffaldino - first performer

• 1952 - Concert of masters of art

• 1939 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR
• 1940 - Order of the Badge of Honor
• 1948 - Stalin Prize of the second degree for the performance of the party of Truffaldino in the ballet performance "The Imaginary Groom" M. I. Chulaki

• Nikolai Zubkovsky. Anthology . - SPb. : Andreev and Sons, 1993 .-- 192 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-87452-034-1 .
• Love Block . Dance of Zubkovsky // Theater. 1938. No 7
• Nikita Dolgushin . Poetry of dance // Soviet Ballet. 1988. No 3
• Julia Yakovleva . The Golden God // Evening Petersburg . 1996.November 26
• Larisa Abyzova . Nikolai Zubkovsky, swift and compact // Change. 2001 December 1

• Nikolai Zubkovsky on the site of the Cinema Theater