Violetta Elvin

Violetta Elvin ( Prokhorova; 3 November 1923 – 27 May 2021) was a Russian prima ballerina and actress. In 1986, The Times described Elvin as "the only rival ever to give Dame Margot Fonteyn a run for her money".

Career Elvin was only 20 when she had already danced the leads in Swan Lake, Marius Petipa's Don Quixote, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai with the State Ballet of Tashkent.

From 1951 to 1956 she was a prima ballerina of Sadler's Wells Ballet, now The Royal Ballet, before retiring and moving to Italy.

Personal life In 1945, she met and married British architect Harold Elvin in Moscow, and was allowed to leave the USSR. On the journey, she played chess with Dimitri Shostakovich. was presented in Vico Equense, in a national première, on 27 July 2016, within the Social World Film Festival - International Exhibition of Social Cinema.

Raffaele Lauro also co-authored the volume, Dance the Love - A Star in Vico Equense. Images - Testimonies, GoldenGate Edizioni, 2016 with Riccardo Piroddi.

Elvin died in May 2021 at the age of 97.

Repertoire Swan Lake Don Quixote The Fountain of Bakhchisarai The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Imperial The Three-Cornered Hat Birthday Offering Cinderella Daphnis et Chloé