Star Bolshoi teacher dies, aged 102

Star Bolshoi teacher dies, aged 102

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norman lebrecht

March 19, 2015

After a brief stage career – she retired at 25, in 1938 – Galina Petrova became one of Moscow’s most sought-after dance teachers. She taught until 1957 at the Moscow Ballet Academy and from 1953 to 1989 she coached at the Bolshoi Theatre. Students and divas alike waited hours in line for her lessons.

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