Nikolai Fadeyechev

Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev (27 January 193323 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, teacher, and répétiteur of the Bolshoi Ballet. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.

Biography

Fadeyechev was born on 27 January 1933 in Moscow. In 1952, he graduated from the Moscow Ballet School, where he had studied with Alexander Rudenko, and joined the Bolshoi Theatre, where he performed many principal roles. He made his international debut in London in 1956 with the ballet Giselle, dancing alongside Galina Ulanova. He was a regular partner with Maya Plisetskaya, he became one of the most important teachers and répétiteurs of the Bolshoi Theatre. His students have included Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Andrey Uvarov, Sergei Filin, Ruslan Skvortsov and Artem Ovcharenko.

Personal life and Death He was married to Irina Kholina, a ballerina, and had two sons: , a choreographer for the Bolshoi, and Aleksandr. On June 23, 2020, Fadeyechev died of heart failure in Moscow, at 87 years of age.

Repertoire Swan Lake: Prince Siegfried The Sleeping Beauty: Prince Désiré, Bluebird Nutcracker Suite: Prince, Mouse King Giselle: Albrecht Raimonda: Jean de Brienne, Bernard, grand pas Les Sylphides (called Chopiniana in the Bolshoi production): Soloist Romeo and Juliet: Romeo The Fountain of Bakhchisarai: Vatslav Laurencia: Frondoso, Youth Gayane: Armen The Stone Flower: Danila (first interpreter at the Bolshoi Theater), Opal The Firebird (L’oiseau de feu): Prince Ivan (first interpreter at the Bolshoi Theater) Spartacus: Harmodius (first interpreter) Carmen Suite: José (first interpreter) Anna Karenina: Karenin (first interpreter) Asel: Ilyas (first interpreter) Prelude: Soloist (first interpreter) Class Concert: Soloist