Lidija Herassymchuk
Lidija Pawliwna Herassymtschuk ( Ukrainian Лідія Павлівна Герасимчук , Russian Лидия Павловна Герасимчук / Lidija Pavlovna Gerassimtschuk * 5. May 1922 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR , † 5. December 1958 ibid) was a Ukrainian prima ballerina .
Life
Lidija Herassymtschuk completed her training at the choreographic colleague in Kiev in 1937 and was engaged as a ballerina at the Taras Shevchenko Opera House in Kiev from the same year . During the German-Soviet War she was employed at the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad and then again at the Kiev Opera for the rest of her life. She danced as a prima ballerina in larger roles, including in Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky , Don Quichotte by Léon Minkus , La Esmeralda by Cesare Pugni and Gayaneh by Aram Chatschaturjan .
She died in Kiev at the age of 36 and was buried there in the Baikowe cemetery . On the grave is the bronze sculpture "The Dying Swan", the depiction of a ballerina by the sculptor Petro Pylypowytsch Ostapenko from 1960.
Honors
- 1952 Honored Artist of the USSR
Individual evidence
- ↑ profile Lidija Herassymtschuk on leksika.com.ua ; accessed on April 28, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b Entry on Lidija Herassymtschuk in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ; accessed on April 28, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Profile Lidija Herassymchuk on the website of the Baikowe Cemetery; accessed on April 28, 2017 (Ukrainian)
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| SURNAME | Herassymchuk, Lidija |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herassymchuk, Lidija Pavlivna (full name); Герасимчук, Лідія Павлівна (ukS-Cyrl); Герасимчук, Лидия Павловна (Russian); Gerassimtschuk, Lidija Pavlovna (ru-latn) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian prima ballerina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1958 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |