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- Birth nameAlla Evgenevna Osipenko
- Alla Osipenko was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. in 1932. She studied for Agrippina Vaganova in Leningrad. Alla graduated in 1950 and was immediately accepted at the Kirov Ballet as a soloist. She was Nureyev's partner, until he defected, and then also Barishnikov's. She began teaching at the Vaganova School in 1966.- IMDb mini biography by: Kelly.E.F. Wiebe
- SpousesJohn Markovsky(? - May 12, 2025) (her death)Gennadi Voropayev (divorced)Anatoly Nisnevich (divorced, 1 child)
- One of the greatest Russian dancers (from the Boris Eifman theatre).
- After completing her career as a ballerina, Osipenko worked at the Mikhailovsky Theater as a teacher-tutor.
- After graduating from school, Osipenko was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater named after S.M. Kirova (now the Mariinsky Theater), where she was a prima ballerina in 1954-1971.
- Osipenko is a laureate of a number of awards, including the Anna Pavlova Prize of the Paris Academy of Dance. In 1957 she was awarded the title of Honored, and in 1960 - People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- Shortly before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, she was enrolled in the Leningrad Choreographic School, evacuated with it and returned to Leningrad after the lifting of the blockade in the spring of 1944.
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