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Anna Johansson (dancer)

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Anna Johannson
Anna Johannson in the Grand pas des étoiles from Petipa's L'ordre du roi
Born1860
Died1917
Petrograd

Anna Christianovna Johansson (Russian: Анна Христиановна Иогансон) (1860–1917), was a Russian Empire ballerina who danced with the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet.

Life and career

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Anna Johansson was the daughter of Christian Johansson, the noted Swedish choreographer, teacher and Balletmaster at the Russian Imperial Ballet. She studied ballet with her father and rose to a position as a noted soloist in the Imperial Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre.

She created many of the most famous soloist roles in the Petipa/Ivanov repertoire. These roles include the following:[1][2]

After retiring from the stage, following her father's footsteps, she became a celebrated teacher of the classe de perfectionnement at the Imperial Ballet School until her death in 1917.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wiley, Roland John (1997). The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov.
  2. ^ Wiley, Roland John (2001). A Century of Russian Ballet.
  3. ^ Clarke, Mary; Crisp, Clement (1992). Ballet: An Illustrated History.