Galina Ulanova

Galna Sergyevna Ulnova was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.

Ulanova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she studied under Agrippina Vaganova and her own mother, a ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet. When she joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1928, the press found in her much of Semyonovas style, grace, the same exceptional plasticity and a sort of captivating modesty in her gestures. They say that Konstantin Stanislavsky, fascinated with her acting style, implored her to take part in his stage productions. In 1944, when her fame reached Joseph Stalin, he had her transferred to the Bolshoi Theatre, where she would be the prima ballerina assoluta foryears. The following year, she danced the title role in the world premiere of Sergei Prokofievs Cinderella.

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