Nicolas Zverev

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Nicolas Zverev (or Zvereff ; Russian: Николай Матвеевич Зверев; 1887, Moscow - 24 July 1965 Saint-Raphaël) was a Russian-French dancer and ballet master.[1][2]

He studied at the Moscow ballet class at the theatre school of the Moscow Imperial troupe.[1]

In 1912 he was invited by Sergei Diaghilev to his troupe Ballets russes. Zverev participated in the Ballets russes from 1912 or 1913[3] to 1926.

After Russian Revolution of 1917 Zverev could not return to Russia. He continued to work in European theatres.

He worked for six years at the national Opera of Lithuania in Kaunas and was involved in the birth of the Les Ballets de Monte Carlo of René Blum (1936-1938). From 1942 to 1945, he became the master of ballet there.[3]

During 1951-1953, he taught at the Conservatoire russe de Paris Serge-Rachmaninoff (together with Serge Lifar).[2]

In 1953 he worked in the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where he reorganized the group, and staged ballets of La Vie parisienne of Jacques Offenbach.

From 1957 to 1960, he was the master of ballet of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and then returned to France, where he died at the age of 77 years.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ru: Русский балет. Энциклопедия. БРЭ, «Согласие», 1997
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Российское зарубежье во Франции 1919—2000 // ru: ЗВЕРЕВ Николай Матвеевич
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Larousse // Nicolas ZVEREV, ou Zvereff N. (1888—1965).

External links

  • [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZzVTJQ5lI: Nicolas Zverev - Directeur des ballets Russes pendant 15 ans. Histoire des ballets russes]
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