Mikhail Mordkin
Mikhail Mordkin (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Мо́рдкин; December 9, 1880, Moscow, Russian Empire – July 15, 1944, New York)[1] graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet School in 1899, and in the same year was appointed ballet master.
He then formed his own company, the All Star Imperial Russian Ballet, which toured America in 1911 and 1912.
He left Russia after the October Revolution, first working in Lithuania, and finally settling in the United States in 1924.
His company included such distinguished artists as Hilda Butsova, Felia Doubrovska, Pierre Vladimiroff, Vera Nemtchinova and Nicholas Zvereff.
[3] Mordkin continued to be a freelance artist and teacher, including at the Cornish School in the 1920s.
Vladimir Riabtsev as the mother, Mikhail Mordkin as Colas &
Sofia Fedorova
as Lise;
La Fille mal gardée
of
Alexander Gorsky
,
Bolshoi Theatre
,
Moscow
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