Nina Timofeeva

Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva (; 11 June 1935 – 3 November 2014) was a Soviet ballet dancer.

Biography Timofeeva was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1953. She made her theatrical debut as a student in 1951, as Masha in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. From 1953 to 1956, she was a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, and after that became a soloist with the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Her major roles included and from 1989 to 1991 worked as a choreographer for the Bolshoi Theater. In 1991, she moved to Israel, together with her daughter Nadya, who is also a professional ballet dancer.