Nikolai Fadeyechev
Nikolai Fadeyechev and Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake, Milan, 1964
Born
Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev

(1933-01-27)27 January 1933
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died23 June 2020(2020-06-23) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Ballet dancer, teacher
EmployerBolshoi Theatre
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR

Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev (Russian: Николай Борисович Фадеечев, 27 January 1933 – 23 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.

Biography

Fadeyechev in Swan Lake in Moscow, 1956

Fadeyechev was born 27 January 1933 in Moscow, and was a retired dancer and a teacher and répétiteur of the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1952 he graduated from the Moscow Ballet School, where he had studied with Alexander Rudenko, and joined the Bolshoi Theatre, where he performed many principal roles. He made his international debut in London in 1956 with the ballet Giselle, dancing alongside Galina Ulanova.[1] He was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya,[2] Raisa Struchkova, Nina Timofeeva, Marina Kondratyeva, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ekaterina Maximova and Ludmila Semenyaka. After retiring from the stage in 1977,[3] he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. His students have included Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Andrey Uvarov, Sergei Filin, Ruslan Skvortsov and Artem Ovcharenko.

Personal life

He was married to Irina Kholina, a ballerina, and had two sons: Aleksei Fadeyechev, a choreographer for the Bolshoi,[4] and Aleksandr. On June 23, 2020, Fadeyechev died of heart failure in Moscow, at 87 years of age.[2]

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See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Nikolai Fadeyechev obituary". The Times. July 31, 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kisselgoff, Anna (4 July 2020). "Nikolai Fadeyechev, Elegant Bolshoi Dancer, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Всесоюзный принц". Kommersant (in Russian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (18 April 2014). "At Bolshoi, the Battle for Ballet Still Rages". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.


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