Tatiana Dokoudovska (13 January 1921 – 21 September 2005) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet master of Russian origin.
Tatiana Dokoudovska | |
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.jpg) Tatiana Dokoudovska | |
| Born | 13 January 1921 |
| Died | 21 September 2005 (aged 84) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. 39°00′12″N 94°34′05″W / 39.0032310°N 94.5680618°W |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1933–1989 |
| Known for | Dancer, teacher. Founder and teacher of the Kansas City Ballet |
Biography
editTatiana Dokoudovska was born on 13 January 1921 in Beausoleil, France, near Monte Carlo, from Alexis and Nadia Dokoudovsky.[1][2] His father was the son of a Russian nobleman and the Italian grandfather of her mother Nadia, an opera singer.[citation needed]
A student of Olga Preobrajenska, prima ballerina of the Russian Imperial Theatre,[1] Dokoudovska at the age of 12 started her professional career, dancing in operettas and films. While attending the Ecole des Artes (Professional School), she danced for the lyric season in Monte Carlo, then was hired as a soloist by the Ballet Russe de l'Opera Comique in Paris.[1]
In 1939 she traveled to the United States and joined the Mordkin Ballet, with which she toured and spent a season in New York City, continuing with the company that would later be called the American Ballet Theatre.[1]
She died on 21 September 2005. She was buried at Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Ballet. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Star. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Sources
edit- "Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Ballet. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska". Kansas City Star. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "The way back to dance through Tatiana Dakoudovska". 26 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Wyatt Townley & Jacques D'Amboise (2007). Kansas City Ballet : the first fifty years. Kansas City: Rockhill Books.
- State Ballet of Missouri; Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation (1995). A salute to Todd Bolender. Kansas City: State Ballet of Missouri.