Dancer. Vera Karalli was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Theatre School in from the class of Gorsky. Her strength was more of dramatic talent and stage presence than technique. With the Bolshoi Theatre she was promoted to soloist after two years and then to ballerina. She danced with Diaghilev's company as well. She was Gorsky's favourite ballerina and danced all his classical productions, frequently with Mordkin as her partner. Her oriental beauty and plastic expressivness brought her worldwide fame. She also became one of Russias first film stars. She danced and taught in Kaunas, Lithuania. She was ballet mistress of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest.
Dancer. Vera Karalli was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Theatre School in from the class of Gorsky. Her strength was more of dramatic talent and stage presence than technique. With the Bolshoi Theatre she was promoted to soloist after two years and then to ballerina. She danced with Diaghilev's company as well. She was Gorsky's favourite ballerina and danced all his classical productions, frequently with Mordkin as her partner. Her oriental beauty and plastic expressivness brought her worldwide fame. She also became one of Russias first film stars. She danced and taught in Kaunas, Lithuania. She was ballet mistress of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest.
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