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'''Nina Popova''' (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 2020)<ref name="nyt-obit">{{Cite news |last=Leland |first=John |date=2020-08-21 |title=Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/obituaries/nina-popova-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2020-08-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> was a Russian-American [[ballet dancer]]. |
'''Nina Popova''' (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 2020)<ref name="nyt-obit">{{Cite news |last=Leland |first=John |date=2020-08-21 |title=Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/obituaries/nina-popova-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2020-08-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> was a Russian-born American [[ballet dancer]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Popova was born in [[Novorossiysk, Russia]]. Her family left for [[Paris]] shortly after her birth. She studied ballet with other [[white émigré|Russian émigrés]] and, as a teenager, performed with [[Lyubov Yegorova (ballerina)|Lyubov Yegorova]]'s [[Ballet de la Jeunesse]].<ref name=nyt-obit/> In the late 1930s she performed with the [[Original Ballet Russe]] in Australia and [[Cuba]]. In 1939, she joined the Ballet Theatre, now called the [[American Ballet Theatre]], in New York.<ref name=nyt-obit/> Popova danced with the [[Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]] from 1943 to 1945.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Nina Popova |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100337392 |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=Oxford Reference |doi= |language=en }}</ref> She performed on the television program ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' and on Broadway. |
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From 1954 to 1967 Popova taught at New York's [[High School of Performing Arts]].<ref name=nyt-obit/> From 1967 to 1975 she was the Artistic Director of the [[Houston Ballet]], where she established a professional dance company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cal |title=Houston Ballet 1955-1967 |url=https://www.houstonballet.org/explore/history/1955-1967/ |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=www.houstonballet.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cal |title=Houston Ballet 1967-1976 |url=https://www.houstonballet.org/explore/history/1967-1976/ |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=www.houstonballet.org}}</ref> Popova died from [[COVID-19]] complications in [[St. Augustine, Florida]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Florida]].<ref name=nyt-obit/> |
From 1954 to 1967, Popova taught at New York's [[High School of Performing Arts]].<ref name=nyt-obit/> From 1967 to 1975 she was the Artistic Director of the [[Houston Ballet]], where she established a professional dance company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cal |title=Houston Ballet 1955-1967 |url=https://www.houstonballet.org/explore/history/1955-1967/ |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=www.houstonballet.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cal |title=Houston Ballet 1967-1976 |url=https://www.houstonballet.org/explore/history/1967-1976/ |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=www.houstonballet.org}}</ref> |
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Popova died from [[COVID-19]] complications in [[St. Augustine, Florida]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Florida]].<ref name=nyt-obit/> |
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Nina Popova (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 2020)[1] was a Russian-born American ballet dancer.
Biography
[edit]Popova was born in Novorossiysk, Russia. Her family left for Paris shortly after her birth. She studied ballet with other Russian émigrés and, as a teenager, performed with Lyubov Yegorova's Ballet de la Jeunesse.[1] In the late 1930s she performed with the Original Ballet Russe in Australia and Cuba. In 1939, she joined the Ballet Theatre, now called the American Ballet Theatre, in New York.[1] Popova danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1943 to 1945.[2] She performed on the television program Your Show of Shows and on Broadway.
From 1954 to 1967, Popova taught at New York's High School of Performing Arts.[1] From 1967 to 1975 she was the Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet, where she established a professional dance company.[3][4]
Popova died from COVID-19 complications in St. Augustine, Florida, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Leland, John (August 21, 2020). "Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "Nina Popova". Oxford Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Cunningham, Cal. "Houston Ballet 1955-1967". www.houstonballet.org. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Cunningham, Cal. "Houston Ballet 1967-1976". www.houstonballet.org. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
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