Nadia Nerina
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 Nadia Nerina as Lise and David Blair as Colas in the Pas de Ruban from the premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée, London, 1960 |
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| Born | Nadine Judd 21 October 1927 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Died | 6 October 2008 (aged 80) Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer; prima ballerina |
| Spouse | Charles Gordon (m. 1956–2008) |
Nadia Nerina (21 October 1927 – 6 October 2008) was a South African ballerina. She moved to England and joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, where she became a prima ballerina at the age of 25. She was one of the first western dancers to appear with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow during the Cold War. She retired in 1969 and died in 2008 at her home in France.
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[edit] =Early Years In South Africa
Nerina was born in Bloemfontein as Nadine Judd. She took her first dancing lessons on medical advice, on account of her weak feet.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag; see the help page
[edit] Family & later years
In 1969 Nadia Nerina and her husband, the banker Charles Gordon (who survives her) retired to France but she returned to Covent Garden in 1996 for the anniversary performance of Sleeping Beauty to mark the company's 50th anniversary in the theatre.
[edit] Roles created
- Andree Howard's Mardi gras (1946)
- Frederick Ashton's Cinderella (1948)
- Homage to the Queen (1953)
- Variations on a Theme by Purcell (1955)
- Birthday Offering (1956)
- La Fille Mal Gardée (1960)
- Kenneth MacMillan's Noctambules' (1956)
- Robert Helpmann's Elektra (1963)
- Peter Darrell's Home (1965)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Recollections of Nadia Nerina
- Encyclopædia Britannica Article on Nadia Nerina
- NPG
- Ballet magazine (March 1998)
- Nadia Nerina at the Ballerina Gallery
- obituary from The Telegraph, "Technically brilliant leading ballerina with the Royal Ballet for whom Ashton created 'La Fille mal gardée'", 7 October 2008
- Obituary from the Washington Post, 9 October 2008
- Obituary from the NY Times, 10 October 2008
