Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) - Teaching at the Kirov c1930s

Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) was a dancer at the Kirov Theatre, but, with the plethora of talent at the time (Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina and so on) was only designated 'ballerina' in the year before her retirement.

But she is by far more famous for her second career as the instigator of the Vaganova Method for training dancers.

I found this tiny fragment of film of Viganova teaching in class, she is first seen sitting and correcting students from a chair and then demonstrating some 'porte de bras' and a 'tour'.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Agrippina Viganova
• Viganova Method
• Mariinsky Theatre
• Kirov Theatre
• Leningrad Choreographic School
• The Foundation For Dance

[pointemeout]

what a lovely little piece of history. thanks for sharing.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi pointemeout - yes, you often hear about these famed teachers - but this film allows you in some very small sense to be in their classrooms - like time travelling, cheers

[KiliniLove]

what is the difference in the pointe shoes then and the pointe shoes now? Plz answer

[nickwallacesmith]

@KiliniLove - if you google 'point history' you get a very interesting article which looks at how changes in point shoes affected changes in technique and asks the question of why modern materials are not used in point shoes - 'Pointe shoes and pointe technique have evolved together over the past century and a half; there is no reason for progress to stop'. cheers

[KiliniLove]

@nickwallacesmith thnx!!!!!!!!

[nickwallacesmith]

hi KiliniLove - glad you liked it!

[nickwallacesmith]

hi theamazingsoter - thanks - i love the music so much i'm always looking for the opportunity to use it! and i think it works here ok. cheers from sydney!

[theamazingsoter]

Having Aurora's variation as the background music only makes this rare clip even more beautiful. Thank you!

[origane1]

magique ,merci...!