Pavlo Wirskyi
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Павло Павлович Вірський | |
| Transl. : | Pavlo Pavlovyč Virs'kyj |
| Transcr. : | Pavlo Pavlovych Wirskyj |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Павел Павлович Вирский | |
| Transl .: | Pavel Pavlovič Virskij |
| Transcr .: | Pawel Pavlovich Wirski |
Pavlo Pawlowytsch Wirskyj (* February 12 . Jul / 25. February 1905 greg. In Odessa , Russian Empire ; † 5. July 1975 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer .
Life
Pavlo Wirskyj attended the Music and Drama School in Odessa from 1923 to 1927 and then continued his studies at the Moscow Theater Academy from 1927 to 1928 . From 1928 on he was a ballet dancer, later artistic director at the Odessa Opera House , the Kharkov Opera, the Dnipropetrovsk Opera, the Taras Shevchenko Opera House in Kiev and the Kiev Ballet Theater. Pavlo Wirskyj founded in 1937, together with the choreographer Mykola Bolotow (ukr. Микола Олександрович Болотов , 1904–1955), today's National Academic Dance Ensemble of Ukraine "Pavlo Wirskyj" , of which he was also from 1955 to 1975. At that time the dance group was the state dance ensemble of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since 1946 he was a member of the CPSU . He lived in Kiev and died there at the age of 70, where he was buried in the Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
Pavlo Wirskyj received numerous honors, including:
- Stalin Prize (1950)
- State Prize of the Soviet Union (1970)
- Taras Shevchenko National Prize (1965)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1960)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1949, 1965)
- Order of the Red Star (1942)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1975)
On the occasion of Pavlo Wirskyj's 100th birthday in 2005, the Ukrainian Post issued a postage stamp and the Ukrainian National Bank issued a two hryvnia commemorative coin with his portrait within the series of outstanding personalities of Ukraine .
Web links
- Website of the National Academic Dance Ensemble of Ukraine "Pavlo Wirskyj" (English)
- Biography of Pavlo Wirskyj on the website of the National Academic Dance Ensemble of Ukraine "Pavlo Wirskyj" (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b THE BIRTH OF DANCE. THIS IS VIRSKY on Ukrainian dance world on October 16, 2014; accessed on December 22, 2016 (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Short biography Pawlo Wirskyj on the website of the Baikowe cemetery; accessed on December 22, 2016 (Russian)
- ↑ Pavlo Virsky website on the website of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee ; accessed on December 22, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Website of the National Bank of Ukraine ; accessed on December 22, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wirskyi, Pavlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirskyj, Pavlo Pavlovych (full name); Вірський, Павло Павлович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1975 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |