Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer
- Birth Date:
- 19.11.1903
- Death date:
- 07.03.1992
- Extra names:
- Асаф Михайлович Мессерер,
- Categories:
- Ballerina, ballet dancer, Pedagogue, teacher
- Nationality:
- russian
- Cemetery:
- Novodevichy Cemetery
Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a Russian Jewish ballet dancer and ballet teacher. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1919 until 1921 he trained as a dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet School under Mikhail Mordkin. He then joined the Bolshoi Theatre, where he became a successful soloist, eventually becoming their chief soloist, a post he retired from in 1954.
Today Messerer is best remembered as a choreographer and an instructor; he was both the choreographer and ballet master for the Bolshoi Theatre. His book Classes in Classical Ballet is a thorough study of proper ballet technique and is still used today.
Messerer was the brother of Sulamith Messerer. He was married to silent film star, Anel Sudakevich (Russian: Анель Судакевич), son - Boris Messerer (Russian: Борис Мессерер). He won multiple awards from the USSR and from Lithuania.
Source: wikipedia.org
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Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
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1 | Азарий Азарин | Brother | ||
2 | Rachel Messerer | Sister | ||
3 | Sulamith Messerer | Sister | ||
4 | Anna Sudakevich | Wife | ||
5 | Александр Плисецкий | Nephew | ||
6 | Maya Plisetskaya | Nephew | ||
7 | Наум Азарин | Nephew | ||
8 | Mihail Plisecky | Brother in-law | ||
9 | Геннадий Ледях | Coworker, Student | ||
10 | Vsevolods Meierholds | Coworker, Idea mate | ||
11 | Владимир Василёв | Student | ||
12 | Alexander Godunov | Student |