Laurent Novikoff (1888 – June 18, 1956) or Laurent Novikov, was a Russian ballet dancer who became a citizen of the United States in 1939.

Biography

He graduated from Moscow's

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in 1906. He danced with Diaghilev in 1909 and again in 1919–1921; and Pavlova's company from 1911–1914 and again in 1921–1928. He became the ballet master at the

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, from 1929–1933, He danced at the

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from 1941-1945. He opened up a ballet school in

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, and died there in 1956.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikoff, Laurent 1888 births 1956 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Moscow State Academy of Choreography alumni