Marietta Kharlampievna Frangopulo ( August 8 (21), 1901 , Yeysk - April 25, 1979, Leningrad) - ballet dancer and collector, founder and curator of the school museum of the Leningrad Choreographic School (since 1991 - A. Ya. Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ), author works on the history of St. Petersburg ballet.
| Marietta Frangopulo | |
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| Date of Birth | August 21, 1901 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | April 25, 1979 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Leningrad |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  |
| Profession | ballet dancer |
| Theater | Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater S. M. Kirova |
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Biography
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| Z. E. Serebryakova. Portrait of M. H. Frangopulo, 1922. | |
Marietta Frangopulo was born in Yeysk, in a family of immigrants from Greece. In childhood, she studied in Astrakhan, in the Shaverdovo gymnasium [1] , then moved to Petrograd, where she entered the theater school . She graduated in 1919 in the class of Leonid Leontyev , after which she was accepted into the ballet troupe of the State Opera and Ballet Theater (formerly Mariinsky ). In 1922, she joined the Young Ballet experimental group, in which she participated in the choreographic experiments of the beginning choreographer Georgy Balanchivadze . She was among the artists who participated in the premiere of the dance symphony by Fedor Lopukhov " The Greatness of the Universe " (1923). In those same years, she posed for the artist Zinaida Serebryakova , who created a pastel portrait of a ballerina in a costume for the ballet Carnival . She danced on stage until 1947.
Marietta began to collect her collection on the history of St. Petersburg ballet, which began with pre-revolutionary photographs of graduates of the Imperial Theater School and a lifetime portrait of choreographer Charles Didlo , when she was young. Since 1940, she taught the history of ballet at the Leningrad Choreographic School, later she initiated the creation of a school museum - it was officially organized in 1957, Marietta Kharlampievna became its first director, and remained the director of the museum until her death in 1979. The museum collection includes book rarities, paintings, posters, photographs, theater costumes, ballet shoes and other exhibits related to the history of St. Petersburg ballet. By 2005, the collection totaled more than 15 thousand exhibits [2] .
Marietta Harlampievna Frangopulo died on April 25, 1979. She was buried in St. Petersburg at the Bolsheokhtinsky cemetery .
Bibliography
M. Kh. Frangopulo is the author of several works dedicated to the Leningrad ballet and its figures:
- L. S. Leont'ev. - L .: Leningrad branch of the All-Russian Theater Society, 1939. - 14 p.
- A. Ya. Vaganova. Fifty years of work in ballet. - L .: Leningrad branch of the All-Russian Theater Society, 1948. - 14 p. - 4000 copies.
- N.A. Anisimova. - L .: Leningrad branch of the All-Russian Theater Society, 1951. - 58 p. - (Masters of the Leningrad scene). - 3200 copies.
- Soviet ballet. - L .: Art, 1960 .-- 48 p.
- Expressive means of ballet art. - L .: Art, 1964. - 48 p.
- 75 ballet libretto / together with L. A. Entelis. - L .: Music, 1960.
- Years of the world, years of war / in the collection Konstantin Sergeyev. - M. , 1978.
Awards and titles
- 1966 - Honored Worker of Culture of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Memory
In 2001, the Academy of Russian Ballet. A. Ya. Vaganova held an exhibition in her museum dedicated to the centenary of the birth of M. Kh. Frangopulo.
Notes
- ↑ M. Kh. Frangopulo // Astrakhan State United Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
- ↑ Great Russian Encyclopedia: 30 Vol. / Chairman scientific-ed. Council Yu. S. Osipov. Repl. Ed. S. L. Kravets. T. 1. A - Questioning. - M.: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2005 .-- 766 p.: Ill .: maps.