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Sulamith Messerer

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Birth Date:
27.08.1908
Death date:
03.06.2004
Patronymic:
Mikhailovna
Extra names:
Sulamifa Messerera, Суламифь Мессерер, Sulamifa Messerer, Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer
Categories:
Ballerina, ballet dancer, Pedagogue, teacher
Nationality:
 jew
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Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer, OBE (Russian: Суламифь Михайловна Мессерер, August 27, 1908, Moscow – June 3, 2004, London) was a Russian ballerina and choreographer who laid the foundations for the classical ballet in Japan.

Sulamith studied in the Moscow Ballet School under Vasily Tikhomirov and Elisabeth Gerdt and danced in the Bolshoi Theatre from 1926 until 1950. In 1933, she and her brother Asaf Messerer became the first Soviet dancers to tour Western Europe. She also practised swimming all her life and held the Soviet swimming record for the 100-metres crawl between 1927 and 1930.

After her sister Rachel Messerer-Plisetskaya was arrested in the Great Purge, Sulamith legally adopted Rachel's daughter Maya Plisetskaya, whom she coached into one of the greatest ballerinas ever. From 1950 until 1980, she was also active as a ballet mistress and teacher in the Bolshoi. Since 1961, she spent much time in Tokyo, where she mastered Japanese and was instrumental in establishing the Tokyo Ballet.

In 1980, at the age of 72, she defected to Great Britain, where she continued to work as a much sought-after coach. Her many honours included the Stalin Prize (1946), the Order of the Sacred Treasures (1996), and the Order of the British Empire (2000).

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Азарий АзаринАзарий АзаринBrother29.09.189730.09.1937
        2Asaf Mikhailovich MessererAsaf Mikhailovich MessererBrother19.11.190307.03.1992
        3Rachel MessererRachel MessererSister04.03.190220.03.1993
        4Александр  ПлисецкийАлександр ПлисецкийNephew20.00.193129.10.1985
        5Наум АзаринНаум АзаринNephew21.09.193426.03.1989
        6Maya  PlisetskayaMaya PlisetskayaFoster daughter20.11.192502.05.2015
        7Anna SudakevichAnna SudakevichSister in-law28.10.190622.09.2002
        8Mihail PliseckyMihail PliseckyBrother in-law00.00.189908.01.1938
        9Olga PreobrajenskaOlga PreobrajenskaCoworker02.02.187127.12.1962
        10
        БисениекFamiliar00.00.1903
        11Василий  ТихомировВасилий ТихомировTeacher00.00.187600.00.1956
        12Elizaveta  GerdtElizaveta GerdtTeacher17.04.189106.11.1975
        13Natālija KasatkinaNatālija KasatkinaStudent07.06.193413.03.2024
        14Alexander GodunovAlexander GodunovStudent28.11.194918.05.1995

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