Ballerina Nina Timofeeva: biography, achievements and personal life

On her dance legends were composed. She was applauded by millions. Information publications of different countries wrote laudatory reviews, sang ode of artistry, temperament and personality of the ballerina. The roles played by her on stage, conquered millions of hearts of viewers with extraordinary integrity, courage and depth. All this - about the legendary Russian Soviet ballerina Nina Timofeeva.

Personality on stage

In her performance the ballet parts became not only bright, passionate and temperamental. They were filled with sincere and deep emotions and emotional unrest. She became a star after the ballet "Night City" by Leonid Lavrovsky. But, according to the admirers of Timofeeva's talent, her dramatic parties became the most expressive: the Mistress of the Copper Mountain in the Stone Flower, Aegina in Spartacus and especially Mehmen Bana in the Legend of Love ...

Nina Timofeeva was the brightest personality of the Russian and Soviet ballet of the last century. One of the most talented and beloved disciples of the great G. Ulanova, she knew how to make the hall not only admire the technique of dance, but also to live the life of the main character.

Nina Timofeeva. Biography

Little is known about the life of a ballerina in the early years. Nina Vladimirovna was a closed person, very rarely gave interviews, was not an inveterate visitor to social events.

The future ballet dancer was born in June 1935 in a musical and artistic family. Her mother, who worked as a piano teacher in a dance school, managed to instill a love for the girl in music and the stage. The ballet literally fascinated Nina's child's soul. The first role of Timofeeva - page in "The Magic Flute", and this remembrance was remembered by the great ballerina for the rest of her life. It happened in the city of Perm in the distant military in 1942.

And already in 1944 at the age of just nine years Nina Timofeeva entered the ballet school of Leningrad. Her mentor was an outstanding teacher, representing the pride and glory of the Russian ballet, N. Kamkov. A year before graduation, in 1952, Timofeeva successfully made her debut on the stage of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater as Masha in The Nutcracker. She was only sixteen years old.

The debut did not go unnoticed, and Nina Timofeeva after the graduation from the school receives an invitation to the corps de ballet of the Leningrad Opera House.

In 1956, the troupe successfully performed at an international contest in Poland, and the ballerina was admitted to the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. It is on the stage of this Melpomene church that Nina Timofeeva comes to real success, here she reveals a huge creative potential and receives world recognition.

Famous roles of the ballerina

For more than 30 years, Nina Timofeeva has given the Bolshoi Theater stage. The actress has played about sixty major roles, and it can be said that all her parties entered the world history of ballet art.

Even in spite of the iron curtain that hung over many people of the creative professions during the Soviet times, the creative life of the ballerina was successful: her best parts were danced in the ballets of Y. Grigorovich, who in 1964 became the chief ballet master of the Bolshoi Theater and assigned her the main roles In their productions. The troupe has toured the world a lot.

The ballerina, who neglected the line of the role and was always ready to give herself to full stage reincarnation, was chosen for the main roles for her performances by all contemporary choreographers of that period. Nina Timofeeva became the face of Russian ballet on the stages of the famous theaters of the world. Later she will write, and this corresponds to reality: "Every role is a part of my life!" Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Myrtle in Giselle, Mariam in Gayane left an indelible mark on the soul of admirers of the ballerina's talent. Nina Timofeeva starred in almost 30 television movies about ballet. And everywhere her performance delighted spectators.

Pedagogical activity

Throughout her creative career, the ballerina continues to study. In 1980 she graduated from the Pedagogical Department of GITIS. 1988 put an end to the ballerina's stage career. It was in this year that Grigorovich, who directed the ballet of the Bolshoi Theater, sent the stars of the ballet to the "well-deserved rest" - E.Maksimov and M. Plisetskaya. This cup did not pass and Nina Timofeev. The ballerina was offered the work of a teacher at the Bolshoi Theater. A talented person is talented in everything. And already since 1989 Nina Timofeeva works as a tutor-teacher.

Woman's happiness

It can be stated that in the profession and creativity the ballerina of Timofeev Nina was realized at the maximum. The woman's personal life was not so successful. Perhaps the reason for this was her excessive demands on herself and her partner, or maybe this was not a priority in the ballerina's life coordinate system.

She married several times. She was in a romantic relationship with O. Efremov. After their breakup, an affair with G. Rerberg arose. In these relations the daughter Nadezhda was born. But even with Rerberg, the great ballerina could not be happy. Soon they parted.

Kirill Molchanov and Nina Timofeeva

However, she still had to experience real female happiness. Nina Timofeeva, a ballerina whose personal life once again cracked, became Kirill Molchanov's favorite and wife. At that time he worked as a director of the Bolshoi Theater. This marriage became for them truly happy.

It was for his beloved Molchanov that he wrote Macbeth. But this ballet was the most tragic moment in the life of a ballerina.

A few minutes before the premiere, Kirill Vladimirovich died sitting in a box. In a break between the acts of Nina Timofeeva reported sad news. Clenching the will in a fist and showing real character of the fighter, the ballerina appeared on the stage in the second act.

For services to the Motherland

Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva was repeatedly encouraged by the government for her creative achievements and fruitful pedagogical activity. In 1963 she was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. She was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor - in 1971 and 1976. Since 1969 Nina Timofeeva - People's Artist of the USSR.

Rivalry with Maya Plisetskaya

The flowering of talent and the peak of the creative demand for the two great ballerinas of the Soviet Union fell at the same time. Brighter than all, Maya Plisetskaya and Nina Timofeev shone in the 60-80s of the last century, and in the ballet circles there often talked about their rivalry and competition. But these rumors had no real basis. Both ballerinas often performed in the same roles, but at the same time they possessed unique technique and their own spectator. It was impossible to compare Nina Timofeev - technical, emotional, temperamental - and Maya Plisetskaya, who had her own magic and sensuality. Both had completely different personalities, were vivid and unique personalities and had only their fans of stage talent.

On the Promised Land

After the end of the ballet career, in the early nineties, Nina Timofeeva was followed by many tempting offers, including from abroad. She chose Israel, while realizing that in this country, in which there were no classical ballet traditions, everything would have to start from scratch.

In 1990, having left her work and settled life at home, Timofeeva Nina, a ballerina beloved by millions of compatriots, left the country. With her, she took only her daughter, by that time a graduate of a choreographic school, making the first, but successful steps in the profession. At the invitation of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Nina and Nadezhda Timofeevy conduct master classes, and later cooperate on an ongoing basis.

For more than ten years of work in this field the Timofeyevs were able to train many talented ballet dancers who adequately present their teachers and the country on the most prestigious stage of the world.

After reaching the retirement age, the ballerina and teacher stop working in the Academy. However, it was not in her powerful nature to go on a well-deserved rest. I could not just take and rest on my laurels Nina Timofeeva. The ballerina felt that she could do much more so that her cherished dream could be realized, and in the Holy Land a ballet troupe was created that would glorify this country in the best classical ballet scenes of the world.

Nina Vladimirovna decides on an artisan case and opens a ballet school, which she calls her own name "Nina."

The news about the opening of the classical ballet school under the guidance of the legendary star of the Russian ballet instantly scattered not only around the city, but all over the country. For the training, the most talented and young artists were selected. Despite this, the founders of the institution still had a hard time. Funds for advertising, costumes and props very often did not suffice, but it did not become an obstacle to success.

In the third year of work in the school, Timofeeva, the eldest, transferred the reins of her daughter's reign.

The magnificent Russian ballerina, a talented teacher who stood at the origins of the classical ballet in Israel, died on November 3, 2014. He rests in Jerusalem in the cemetery of the Givat Shaul district, where many of our famous compatriots have found the last shelter.