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Alexander Pushkin: Master Teacher of Dance

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From: Dance Teacher
Date: 20020101
Author:Elia, Susan

Alexander Pushkin: Master Teacher of Dance By Gennady Albert The New York Public Library, September 2001, $27.50, 189 pages ISBN: 0-87104-452-8

Alexander Ivanovich Pushkin (1907-1970) danced leading roles at the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg during the first half of the 20th century, but he is perhaps best known for his influence as a teacher on an entire generation of Russian dancers. In more than 30 years of leading classes, Pushkin taught nearly all of the male dancers at the Kirov's school, including Rudolf Nureyev and a young Mikhail Baryshnikov. A master of technique, he effectively ...

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