Yekaterina Vazem

Yekaterina Ottovna Vazem
Yekaterina Vazem costumed as Nikiya for an 1877 performance of La Bayadère
Born
Matilda Vazem

(1848-01-25)25 January 1848
Moscow, Russia
Died14 December 1937(1937-12-14) (aged 89)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
OccupationBallerina

Yekaterina Ottovna Vazem (born Matilda Vazem; Russian: Екатери́на Отто́вна Ва́зем; 25 January 1848 – 14 December 1937) was a Russian prima ballerina and instructor, whose most noted pupil was the legendary Anna Pavlova. She was one of the first Russians to rival the Italian ballerinas.


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