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Natalia Makarova Biography (1940-)

Born November 21 (one source says 28), 1940, in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., immigrated to England, 1970; daughter of Kapitalina Petrova; married first husband (adancer), divorced; married second husband (a film director), divorced; (somesources say married and divorced one other husband); married Edward Karkar (an industrialist), 1976; children: Andrei Michel. Addresses: Office--London Festival Ballet, 39 Jay Mews, London SW7 2ES, England; American BalletTheatre, 888 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

Russian, British

Gender

Female

Birth Details

November 21, 1940

Leningrad, U.S.S.R

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Title role, Giselle, Kirov Ballet, London, 1961.
• Odette-Odile, Swan Lake, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, U.S.S.R., 1964.
• Guest appearance, Giselle, Netherlands National Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1966.
• Giselle, American Ballet Theatre, City Center, New York City, 1970.
• The River, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1971.
• The Miraculous Mandarin, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for thePerforming Arts, 1971.
• Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for thePerforming Arts, 1971.
• (Broadway debut) Vera Baronova, On Your Toes, Virginia Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983-84, then London, 1984.
• On Your Toes, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, c. 1985.
• Eugene Onegin, National Ballet of Canada, 1988.
• Romeo and Juliet, Covent Garden, London, 1989.
• Eugene Onegin, Kirov Theatre, 1989.
• Also performed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1961; appeared with Kirov Ballet in London, 1970. Appeared in The Blue Angel, 1985; in benefit performance, British Columbia, Canada, 1987; and in Swan Lake, Kirov Ballet, c.1988. Appeared with American Ballet Theatre in Lilac Garden, Coppelia, La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, and Swan Lake.
• Also appeared in other productions, including Fountains of Bakhchisarai,Masquerade, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Don Quixote, Manon, Carmen, Epilogue, Contradance, and Other Dances.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Title role, Giselle, Kirov Ballet, U.S. cities, 1961.
• Odette, Swan Lake, Kirov Ballet, U.S. cities, 1964.
• Credits; STAGE WORK
• Choreographer and director, La Bayadere, American Ballet Theatre, 1980.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 1970.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS
• Title role, Giselle, PBS, 1977.
• Natasha Special, BBC, 1985.
• Ballerina, BBC, 1987.
• Swan Lake, Arts & Entertainment, 1989 (also see below).
• Also appeared as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, 1976, and as dancer in "Don Quixote," American Ballet Theatre, 1978. Appeared in The Cowboy, the Craftsmanand the Ballerina, 1981; The Magic of Dance, 1982; and Makarova: Class of Her Own, 1984.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Appeared with Rudolf Nureyev on BBC in early 1970s.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK
• Choreographer and stage director, Swan Lake (special), Arts & Entertainment, 1989.
• Writings
• A Dance Autobiography, Knopf, 1979.
• Contributor to Sunday Telegraph (London).

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• New York Times, February, 1989.