Nikolai Yavorsky
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Nikolai Petrovich Yavorsky 23 February 1891 Odessa, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 October 1947 (aged 56) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
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Choreographer Ballet teacher |
Nikolai Petrovich Yavorsky (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Яво́рский) (23 February 1891, Odessa - 9 October 1947, Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban choreographer and ballet teacher of Russian origin.
Nikolai Yavorsky was born in Odessa, where in 1909 he started studying classical dance. During World War I he was an artillery officer, during Russian Civil War he fought in the Armed Forces of South Russia. Emigre since 1920, he lived in Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia.
In 1922 Yavorsky was invited to the newly created ballet company of the National Theatre in Belgrade, where he worked under the guidance of Elena Polyakova. In 1928 he moved to Paris where he joined the ballet troupe of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
In 1929 Yavorsky joined the ballet company of the Opéra Privée created by Maria Kuznetsova-Benois that the same year left Paris for a road tour to Latin America. After the Opéra Privée dissolution in 1930 Yavorsky had to stay in Cuba for the lack of money to return to Europe.
In June 1931 Nikolai Yavorsky was invited to direct the dance school established by the Pro-Arte Musical society in Havana. He taught classical dance there till 1939, being the first ballet teacher of the further outstanding Cuban dancers and choreographers Alberto Alonso and Alicia Alonso. In 1936, when Sol Hurok brought the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo to Havana, Yavorsky helped Alberto Alonso, one of his best pupils, to join that prestigious ballet company.
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