Natalia Petrovna Roslavleva was the pseudonym of Natalia Petrovna René (1907–1977),[1] a Soviet dance historian and critic.[2]
Natalia Roslavleva | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907  Moscow |
| Died | 1977 (aged 69–70) Moscow |
| Occupation | Historian, critic, translator, theatre critic, theatrologist |
Life edit
Natalia René was born in 1907 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She attended the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in Moscow.[2]
Writing for the journal Ballet Today in the 1940s, she chose the name Natalia Roslavleva in hommage to the Russian dancer Lyubov Roslavleva (1874–1904).[1]
Roslavleva died of cancer in Moscow on January 3, 1977.[2]
Works edit
- The "Beryozka" State Dance Company. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1960.
- Stanislavski and the ballet. New York: Dance Perspectives, 1965.
- Era of the Russian Ballet 1770–1965. London: Victor Gollancz, 1966.
- Prechistenka 20: the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow. New York: Dance Perspectives, 1975
References edit
- ^ a b Room, Adrian (2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5th ed.). McFarland. p. 415. ISBN 9780786457632.
- ^ a b c Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Roslavleva, Natalia (1907–1977)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
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