Eugenia Eduardova (1882 – 10 December 1960) was a Russian ballet dancer and teacher.

Biography

Eduardova was born in

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in 1882. She trained as a dancer and performed in Petipa ballets with the

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from 1901 to 1917. She danced with

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before she moved to

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. Eduardova also acted, appearing in a German silent film,

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, in the 20s. Eduardova opened her own dance studio after working as the ballet master for Grosse Volksoper. In 1935 she was forced to leave Germany. Initially she moved to Paris before moving to the United States. Eduardova trained

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, Alexander von Swaine and Yuri Algaroff. Eduardova married

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. Eduardova died 10 December 1960, in New York.

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