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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Dolgushin.
Nikita Dolgushin
Никита Долгушин
Born(1938-11-08)November 8, 1938
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedJuly 10, 2012(2012-07-10) (aged 73)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeSmolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Occupation(s)Ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet teacher
Years active1950–2012
SpouseAlla Baranova

Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin (November 8, 1938 – June 10, 2012) was a Russian Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.

In 1959 he graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School (Alexander Pushkin's course). Following graduation, Dolgushin joined Kirov Ballet and then moved to Novosibirsk. In 1961–1966, he was the leading dancer of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. From 1968 to 1983 Dolgushin was a ballet dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theatre and Ballet and in 2007 returned to Saint Petersburg as a pedagogue. From 2009 to 2011 he was a chairman of the Mikhailovsky Theatre's Art Council. Throughout 15 remaining years of his life, Dolgushin served on a choreography faculty of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

Notes

  1. Russian: Никита Александрович Долгушин, romanized: Nikita Aleksandrovich Dolgushin

References

  1. "Умер Никита Александрович Долгушин". Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. Dolgushin in Encyclopedia of Ballet
  3. Никита Долгушин at the kino-teatr.ru
  4. "Биография Никиты Долгушина". RIA Novosti. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. Никита Долгушин. Балетный интеллектуал
  6. Биография Никиты Долгушина. РИА Новости.
  7. Умер хореограф Никита Долгушин [Choreographer Nikita Dolgushin have died] (in Russian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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