Natasha Trofimova

Natascha Trofimova (born February 23, 1923 in Berlin , † September 25, 1979 in Munich ; also as Natascha Trofimova ) was a German dancer .

Life

Growing up in Berlin as the daughter of Russian emigrants , Natascha Trofimowa received ballet lessons from Eugenie Eduardowa , Sabine Ress and Tatjana and Victor Gsovsky after completing secondary school . She gained her first stage experience in 1941 together with the ballet Sabine Ress at the Scala in Berlin . During the war years she was also used to work in an ammunition factory. She made her debut as a ballerina at the German State Opera , where she also danced as a member of the ensemble from 1946 to 1951 , in Igor Stravinski's ballet Petruschka . In later years she also held the position of prima ballerina at the State Opera .

From 1951 Natascha Trofimowa undertook a tour with Werner Egks Abraxas in the role of Bellastriga and subsequently made guest appearances at the opera houses in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and what was then West Berlin . From 1952 to 1972 she was a member of the ballet at the Bavarian State Opera , where she appeared in 1960 in the choreography of ballet director Heinz Rosen as Isabeau in Werner Egks Joan von Zarissa . After the National Theater reopened , she danced in the first ballet performance in the rebuilt house next to Margot Werner , Heino Hallhuber and Konstanze Vernon .

In addition, she portrayed a dancer in the 1954 feature film Portrait of a Stranger by Helmut Käutner with Ruth Leuwerik , OW Fischer and Erich Schellow .

Natascha Trofimova committed 1979 suicide .

Her estate is in the German Dance Archive in Cologne .

literature

• Horst Koegler and Helmut Günther : Reclams Ballettlexikon . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-150-10328-2 , p. 459.
• Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 754.
• Natascha Trofimowa in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Natasha Trofimova . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd revised and expanded edition, Volume 10, De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, pp. 110–111, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 (available for a fee from De Gruyter Online)

Web links

• Page about Natascha Trofimowa at the German Dance Archive Cologne.
• Natascha Trofimova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Natascha Trofimowa at filmportal.de
• Biography of Natascha Trofimowa in Who's Who. The People Lexicon online
• Portrait of Natascha Trofimowa in 1952 during a rehearsal for the ballet "The Chinese Nightingale" on europhoto.eu.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 472.
2. ↑ Werner Egk - Ballet and Music. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift Volume 8 (1953), Issue 6, pp. 168–174 (paid for by De Gruyter Online)
3. ↑ Seven times in spite of this, In: Der Spiegel 16/1951, on Spiegel Online ; Retrieved April 29, 2015
4. ↑ 50 years of the National Theater - also a ballet anniversary ( memento from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on der-neue-merker.eu; Retrieved April 29, 2015
5. ↑ The Bavarian State Ballet - Past and Present ( Memento from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on Bayerische Staatsoper online; Retrieved April 29, 2015
6. ↑ Natasha Trofimova . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd revised and expanded edition, Volume 10, De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, p. 111, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 (available for a fee from De Gruyter Online)

Remarks

1. ↑ filmportal states that the dates of birth are March 30, 1916, Vienna . Reclam's Ballettlexikon , Munzinger and Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie Online are based on the information April 23, 1923, Berlin . These sources were to be given preference.