Lyubov Pavlovna Chernysheva (in marriage - Grigoryeva ; September 17, 1890, Petersburg - March 1, 1976, Richmond, Great Britain) - ballet dancer and teacher of Russian origin.
| Lyubov Chernysheva | |
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 Lyubov Chernysheva in Mikhail Fokin’s ballet Carnival | |
| Date of Birth | September 17, 1890 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | 1976 |
| Place of death | Richmond , UK |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire → United Kingdom |
| Profession | ballet dancer , ballet teacher |
| Years of activity | 1908-1952 (on stage) |
| Theater | Mariinsky Theater , Diaghilev ’s Russian Ballet, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet , Original Russian Ballet |
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Creative Biography
Lyubov Pavlovna Chernysheva was born in 1890 in St. Petersburg in the family of a reserve private Life Guards Semyonovsky regiment. V. I. Karlik specified the date of birth - September 15 (27) [1] . She graduated from the St. Petersburg Theater School in 1908 as a student of M. M. Fokin . She studied in the same class with B. F. Nizhinskaya [1] . Since 1908 she danced at the Mariinsky Theater . From 1911 she participated in the Russian seasons [1] , from 1912 she lived abroad, was a soloist of the Russian ballet Diaghilev from 1916 to 1929 [2] . She left Russia with her family (husband and son) in 1916 [3] . She danced in the productions of M. M. Fokin, L. F. Myasin , J. Balanchine , D. Lishin, B. F. Nizhinsky. After the death of Sergei Diaghilev and the collapse of his troupe, she performed first in the Russian Ballet Monte Carlo , then in the Original Russian Ballet of Colonel de Basil (1932-1952) [2] .
She always worked in the same troupes with her husband, S. L. Grigoryev [4] , together with whom she resumed the work of various choreographers, including M. M. Fokin's ballets La Sylphide , Firebird and Petrushka for La theaters Rock and Ballet Sadlers Wells (1954-1957) [2] [5] .
The educational activity of Chernysheva began in 1926 in the Diaghilev troupe on the recommendation of Cecetti [6] . She taught from 1938, from 1955, as a teacher in the London troupe Ballet Sadlers-Wells, who later became the Royal Ballet School Covent Garden [2] [6] .
She died on March 1, 1976 in Richmond [7] , where she was buried.
Repertoire
Danced in the productions of choreographers [2] :
- The ballets of Mikhail Fokin
- Zobeida , " Scheherazade " to the music of Rimsky-Korsakov
- Cleopatra , " Cleopatra " to the music of Arensky
- Tamara , " Tamara " to the music of Balakirev
- Chyarina , " Carnival " to the music of Schumann
- Ballets of Leonid Myasin
- Constanza , “ Women in a Good Mood ” to Scarlatti's music
- Prudenta , " Pulcinella " to the music of Stravinsky
- " Steel Skok " to the music of Prokofiev
- " Russian Tales " to the music of Lyadov
- George Balanchine's ballets
- " Apollon Musaget " to the music of Stravinsky
- Beggar Gods to Handel’s music
- David Lishin's ballets
- Francesca , " Francesca da Rimini " to the music of Tchaikovsky
- Ballets of Bronislava Nizhinsky
- " Wedding " to the music of Stravinsky
- Orfiz , " Dokuchnye " to the music of Orik
- Loretka , “ Lani ” to the music of Pulenok
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dwarf, 2013 , p. 28.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Schlugleit, 1981 .
- ↑ Dwarf, 2013 , p. 31.
- ↑ Dwarf, 2013 , p. 44.
- ↑ Dwarf, 2013 , p. 62.
- ↑ 1 2 Dwarf, 2013 , p. 55.
- ↑ Dwarf, 2013 , p. 67.
Literature
- Grigoriev S. L. Ballet of Diaghilev, 1909-1929 = The Diaghilev Ballet. 1909-1929 / Per. from English Chistyakova N.A .; foreword and com. V.V. Chistyakova . - M .: Artist. Director Theater, 1993 .-- 383 p. - ( Ballets Russes ). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-87334-002-1 .
- Karlik V.I. Sergey Grigoriev, Lyubov Chernysheva: Double portrait / Vladimir Isaakovich Karlik; entry Art. M. B. Meylakh , afterword. T. S. Yuryeva. - SPb. : Project “Preserved Culture” / publisher V. B. Naumov, 2013. - S. 275-304. - 124 p. - 400 copies. - ISBN 978-5-905942-41-9 .
- Shlugleit G. M. Chernysheva Lyubov Pavlovna // Ballet: Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. Yu. N. Grigorovich . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1981. - 623 p.
Links
- Photos by Lyubov Chernysheva, 1924 // collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.