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Sofia Golovkina was born on 13 October, 1915 in Russia, is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. Discover Sofia Golovkina's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?
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Sofia Golovkina Height, Weight & Measurements
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Sofia Golovkina Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sofia Golovkina worth at the age of 89 years old? Sofia Golovkina’s income source is mostly from being a successful ballet dancer. She is from Russia. We have estimated Sofia Golovkina's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (alternate, Sophia; Russian, Головкина, Софья Николаевна; 13 October 1915 - 17 February 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.
A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933, she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959.
In 1943, she danced Nikiya in Gorsky's La Bayadère and in 1947 she performed in Vasili Vainonen's Flames of Paris as Mireille de Poitiers in a work intended to show that the Russian Revolution had a more international context.
Her dancing was characterized by a flamboyant virtuosity which was well suited to her patriotic roles during the Soviet era.
After retiring from the stage in 1959, she became director of the ballet school from 1960 where she obtained considerable success with her students, especially Natalia Bessmertnova.
Despite unpopularity resulting from her stern approach, she ran the school for 41 years, eventually becoming its rector.
In 1960, she became director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School.
For her work, Golovkina was awarded the Russian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the USSR, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
Among her many awards, Golovkina received the People's Artist of the USSR (1973), the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) and the Russian Order of Merit (1995).
Following in the steps of Gorsky and adopting the method developed by Agrippina Vaganova, she contributed to important developments in the Bolshoi's style and repertoire while staging productions for her students including Coppélia (1977) and La Fille mal gardée (1979).
Despite considerable financial difficulties after the end of the Soviet era, Golovinka managed to attract new students and set up a Bolshoi school in Tokyo, Japan as well as a summer school in Vail, Colorado, US.
Golovkina also participated as a judge for the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse.
She died in 2004 in Moscow.
Born in Moscow, Golovkina trained with Alexander Chekrygin at the Bolshoi Ballet School, joining the ballet when she was 17.
There she danced the leads in the major classical works including Swan Lake, Raymonda, The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote.
She also created roles as the Tsar-Maiden in Alexander Gorsky's The Little Humpbacked Horse and Zarema in Rostislav Zakharov's The Fountain of Bakhchisaray.
