Mathilde Kschessinska

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Mathilde Kschessinska was a celebrated Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for her virtuosity at the Mariinsky Theatre and her influential role in the development of classical ballet.

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Mathilde Kschessinska canonical 8
Mathilde Kschessinskaya 1

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instanceOf Russian ballerina
ballet dancer
human
prima ballerina
activeYearsEnd 1917
activeYearsStart 1890
alsoKnownAs Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya
Mathilde Kschessinska
Mathilde Kschessinska
surface form: Mathilde Kschessinskaya
birthCountry Russian Empire
birthDate 1872-08-31
birthPlace St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
burialPlace Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
citizenship France
Russian Empire
countryOfExile France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1971-12-06
deathPlace Paris
educatedAt Imperial Ballet School
employer Mariinsky Theatre
era early 20th century
late 19th century
ethnicOrigin Polish
father Felix Krzesiński NERFINISHED
fullName Matylda Maria Krzesińska
genre classical ballet
influenced Russian Imperial Ballet tradition
early 20th-century classical ballet technique
language French
Russian
name Mathilde Kschessinska self-link
nobleFamily House of Romanov
surface form: House of Romanov (by marriage)
notableFor influence on Russian classical ballet style
performances at the Mariinsky Theatre
virtuosity in classical ballet
notableStudent Irina Baronova
Tamara Toumanova
notableWorkContext Imperial Russian Ballet
occupation ballerina
ballet teacher
position prima ballerina assoluta at the Imperial Theatres
religion Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
residence Paris
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
spouse Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov
studentOf Christian Johansson
Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED
title Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya

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Imperial Ballet School notableStudent Mathilde Kschessinska
Imperial Russian Ballet employed Mathilde Kschessinska
Mathilde Kschessinska name Mathilde Kschessinska self-link
Mathilde Kschessinska alsoKnownAs Mathilde Kschessinska
Mathilde Kschessinska alsoKnownAs Mathilde Kschessinska
this entity surface form: Mathilde Kschessinskaya
Imperial Theatres of Saint Petersburg employed Mathilde Kschessinska
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia spouse Mathilde Kschessinska
Irina Baronova trainedUnder Mathilde Kschessinska