Nadezhda Pavlova: biography, repertoire, personal life

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Nadezhda Pavlova is a ballerina, teacher and choreographer. This outstanding woman was born in the city of Cheboksary. In 1984, she became the People's Artist of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Nadezhda Pavlova was born into a large family of ethnic Chuvash. Her father, Vasily Pavlovich, was an X-ray technician, and her mother, Maria Ilyinichna, worked as a kindergarten teacher. The date of birth of the ballerina is May 15, 1956. At the age of 7, Nadezhda Pavlova began to attend a circle at the House of Pioneers. Children studied choreography here. In 1966, a commission from the Perm Choreographic School came to Cheboksary. They were looking for gifted children. Members of the commission noticed Nadia and invited her to study at the Perm School. Parents released Nadia. Her teacher was Lyudmila Pavlovna Sakharova, whose teaching methodology was based on combining the classical Leningrad and Moscow schools with trends that arose in the 60s of the 20th century.

While studying at the choreographic school, the girl took part in the performances of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. She performed all the children's ballet parts there. In 1970, the troupe went on tour to Moscow. There, Nadezhda attracted the attention of reviewers. ATAt the age of 15, the young ballerina won the first prize at the All-Union Competition among ballet dancers. A year later, she won the Grand Prix. At the same time, the young ballerina began touring frequently in Russia and foreign countries: France, Italy, the USA, China, Germany, Japan and Austria.

The career of the artist was successful. Nadezhda Pavlova devoted herself entirely to ballet. Her personal life was not as rosy as her creative one. Nadezhda's stage partner, Vyacheslav Gordeev, became her first husband. Everyone thought their marriage would be perfect. But Vyacheslav, having become the husband of Nadezhda, continued to see in her, first of all, his dance partner, and not his beloved woman and wife. He made her work more and more, because of which she began to feel like a robot, not a person. Vyacheslav constantly let her know that she owed her successful career to him. This attitude of the spouse could not but affect the psyche of the ballerina, she often became depressed. Then V. Gordeev took her to a very good psychotherapist Konstantin Okulevich. Since then, the personal life of the artist has changed dramatically. The doctor and the ballerina fell in love. Their whirlwind romance turned into marriage. Having filed a divorce from V. Gordeev, Nadezhda married K. Okulevich.

Creative path

After graduating from the choreographic school, Nadezhda Pavlova became a soloist with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Here she danced lead roles in such ballets as Romeo and Juliet and Giselle. A year later, Nadezhda became a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater inMoscow. The ballerina's partner was Vyacheslav Gordeev. As a soloist of the Bolshoi, Nadezhda studied in the class of A. Messerer. Mastering the roles took place under the guidance of M. Semyonova. In addition to V. Gordeev, Nadezhda's partners were such leading soloists of the Bolshoi Theater as Yuri Vasyuchenko, Valery Anisimov, Irek Mukhamedov, Alexander Bogatyrev, Alexei Fadeechev. Having received the education of a choreographer, N. Pavlova began to give master classes abroad: in Finland, Germany, Japan, and France. In the 90s of the 20th century, Nadezhda was a jury member at international competitions. In 1999, the ballerina became a laureate of the Stars of the World Ballet festival, which was held in the city of Donetsk.

Nadezhda became the youngest artist to receive the title of People's Artist of the USSR. This significant event happened when she was only 28 years old.

Nadezhda Pavlova now lives and works in Moscow. She teaches at GITIS, holds the title of professor, and is also a teacher-repetiteur of the ballet theater at this educational institution.

Roles in the theater

Nadezhda Pavlova performed parts in the following productions:

• Marie in The Nutcracker.
• Eola in Icarus.
• Hero in the ballet "Love for Love".
• Aurora and Princess Florina in Sleeping Beauty.
• Kitri in Don Quixote.
• Valentina in the play "Angara".
• Nikiya in La Bayadere.
• The part of the main character in the production of "Carmen".
• Phrigia in Spartacus.
• Staging Princess"Wooden Prince".
• Sylphide in the ballet "Chopiniana".
• Floretta in the play "Bluebeard".
• The part of the main character in the ballet "Giselle".

Movie roles

Nadezhda Pavlova is a ballerina who starred in several feature films. Documentaries have also been made about her. The list of films in which Nadezhda participated is as follows:

• "Daughters of the Motherland".
• Asaf Messerer.
• "Poems".
• "Young Duo".
• "Blue bird".
• "Nadezhda Pavlova".
• "Sicilian Defence".
• "Juliet".
• “Nadya Pavlova is dancing.”

Awards and titles

Nadezhda Pavlova has earned many awards and titles over the years of her creative activity. She was a laureate of competitions among ballet dancers and choreographers. In 1977, Nadezhda was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Shortly before that, she received the Lenin Komsomol Prize. In the 80s of the 20th century, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, the Chuvash ASSR and the USSR, and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.