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| Born | October 13 1915 [O.S. September 30] Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 17, 2004 (aged 88) Moscow, Russia |
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Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina[a] (October 13 1915 [O.S. September 30] – February 17, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933,[1] she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959.[2] In 1960, she became director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School. For her work, Golovkina was awarded the Russian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the USSR, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[3] She died in 2004 in Moscow.[4]
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- ^ Golovkina, Sofia Nikolaevna (1987). The Bolshoi Ballet School: student life in the world's most prestigious dance school. T.F.H. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-86622-497-0.
- ^ "Sofia Golovkina". Benois Theatre. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Clarke, Mary (15 April 2004). "Sofia Golovkina". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (28 March 2004). "Sofia Golovkina, 88, Head of Bolshoi's School". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2019.