Nikolai Fadeyechev
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Nikolai Fadeyechev was a Soviet dancer and danced many principal roles at the Bolshoi Ballet
. He danced alongside some of the great ballerinas such as Galina Ulanova
in Giselle
and was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya
. After he retired, he became a teacher with the Bolshoi. Currently Nikolai trains Artem Ovcharenko
.
Fadeyechev was born in Moscow
.
Bolshoi Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the...
. He danced alongside some of the great ballerinas such as Galina Ulanova
Galina Ulanova
Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova is frequently cited as being one of the greatest 20th Century ballerinas. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm....
in Giselle
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
and was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya , born is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Maya danced during the Soviet era at the same time as the great Galina Ulanova, and took over from her as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi in 1960...
. After he retired, he became a teacher with the Bolshoi. Currently Nikolai trains Artem Ovcharenko
Artem Ovcharenko
Artem Ovcharenko is a ballet dancer and first soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre.- Biography :Artem began his study of ballet when he was 11 years old, in the Dnipropetrovsk State Choreographic School. At the age 17 he entered the Bolshoi Ballet Academy...
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Fadeyechev was born in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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