Vaganova: A Dance Journey from Petersburg to Leningrad

The only authorized biography about the creator of the renowned Russian ballet curriculum–for the first time in English.

The first English edition of the only authorized biography of Agrippina Vaganova (1897-1951) was originally published in Russian in 1989. It tells the story of one of the most important dance teachers of the 20th century, who created a system of teaching ballet that spread throughout the former Soviet Union and beyond.
Vaganova rose through the ranks to become a ballerina ...