Irina Kolpakova

Irina Alexandrovna Kolpakova (Russian: Ирина Александровна Колпакова) (born in Leningrad on 22 May 1933)[1][2] is a Russian ballerina.

Irina Kolpakova
Born (1933-05-22) 22 May 1933
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR

For many years, she was the prima ballerina of the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (now the Mariinsky Theater) in St. Petersburg. From 1974 to 1979 she served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.[1]

In the 1990s she worked for several seasons as choreographer and coach at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. She is currently a professor of classical dance at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg and a ballet coach at American Ballet Theatre.

Kolpakova was made a People's Artist of the USSR in 1965 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1983.[1][3] She was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1983[1] and was awarded a pension by presidential decree in 1996 for outstanding contribution to the development of national art.[1]

She is married to the noted ballet dancer Vladilen Semenov, also a People's Artist of the USSR. They live in the famous Tolstoy House building in St. Petersburg.[4]

See also

References
  1. Brief biography at Heroes of the Country (in Russian)
  2. "75-летний юбилей отмечает народная артистка СССР Ирина Колпакова" [People's Artist of USSR Irina Kolpakova celebrates her 75th birthday]. Oreanda News (in Russian). 22 May 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2009 (in Russian)
  4. Знаменитые жители Толстовского дома [Tolstoy House and its Famous Residents] (in Russian). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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