Nadezhda Nadezhdina

Nadezhda Nadezhdina (real name - Brushtein; May 21 (June 3), 1904, Vilna, Vilna province, Russian Empire - October 11, 1979, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer, choreographer and teacher. Hero of Socialist Labor (1978). People's Artist of the USSR (1966). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the third degree (1950). Founder and artistic director of the [a13320870] (1948-1979), which has been named after her since June 2000.