Askold Anatolievich Makarov (Russian: Аско́льд Анато́льевич Мака́ров; 3 May 1925 – 25 December 2000) was a Russian ballet dancer and ballet professor, leading soloist at the Kirov Ballet during the 1960s and early 1970s. Director of the Saint-Petesburg State Academic Ballet from 1976 to 2000. Awarded with: State Prize of the USSR (1951) and People's Artist of the USSR (1983).[1][2]

Askold Makarov became director of the theater Choreographic Miniatures after the Leonid Yakobson's death in 1975.[3]

Sources

  1. Askold Makarov Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Russian Ballet, accessed December 27, 2007. (in Russian)
  2. Saint-Petesburg State Academic Ballet Archived January 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Ballet's site, accessed December 27, 2007.
  3. "St. Petersburg State and Academic Ballet Theatre". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2007.


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