Inna Borisovna Zubkovskaya was a Soviet and Russian ballerina.
10 Facts About Inna Zubkovskaya
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Inna Zubkovskaya was trained at the Bolshoi Theatre and graduated in 1941.
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Inna Zubkovskaya immediately joined the Kirov Ballet where she remained until her retirement in 1970.
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Inna Zubkovskaya was half-Jewish with an exceptional, dark-eyed beauty - earning the nickname the Black Pearl.
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Inna Zubkovskaya then became a teacher of the company until her death.
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Inna Zubkovskaya married twice: first to Nikolai Zubkovsky - whose name she kept for the stage - before divorcing him and marrying Svyatoslav Kuznetsov.
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Inna Zubkovskaya did not dance frequently in the West, although in 1961 when the Kirov made its first appearances outside Russia, she was the first-cast Odette-Odile in Swan Lake and was partnered by Vladilen Semyonov.
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Inna Zubkovskaya opened the New York season in that role at the Metropolitan Opera House on 11 September 1961.
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Inna Zubkovskaya was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1951, among other honours.
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Inna Zubkovskaya coached many famous dancers during her teaching career, including: Altynai Asylmutova, Larissa Lezhnina, Elvira Terasova, and Veronika Part.