A fragile, sickly, shy ballerina who doesn't like to dance. It is very difficult to recognize in this person the great, airy, inimitable, talented Ulanova. Work, perseverance and dedication made the “pale, sickly girl” the era of Russian ballet.
Awards, worldwide fame, popular love, as well as loneliness, sincerity, a strong sense of duty - all this is Galina Ulanova. A ballerina who lived in difficult times and who won the hearts of her contemporaries and descendants.
Parents
On January 8, 1910, a daughter was born in the Ulanov family, servants of the Mariinsky Theatre. The girl was named Galina. The head of the family, Sergei Ulanov, was a theater artist, but ended his career as a ballet director. Gali's mother is the famous ballerina Ulanova (before Romanova's marriage) Maria. Soon after the birth of her daughter, Maria Fedorovna devotes herself to teaching. From under hermany famous soloists came out of the wing, including their daughter - Galina Ulanova (ballerina).
The biography of the ballerina tells about the girl's difficult childhood. She often recalled how hard it was for her parents to earn a living. Life in post-revolutionary Russia was not easy for everyone, especially for creative people. My father made arrangements with cinemas to perform before screenings for a nominal fee. In any weather, the parents, along with Galya, went on foot to the other end of the city to show the room in an unheated room. But the audience liked the Ulanov couple, their light and bewitching dance. Despite the conditions and payment, the artists gave their all for the number, and then warmed up before the next session. The girl watched them, watched a movie and fell asleep in a cold room.
Vocation
From childhood, she saw how hard it was to be a ballet dancer, and she did not want such a fate for herself. As they say, it was written in the family that in the future Galina Ulanova is a ballerina. The biography of the daughter of ballet dancers tells how young Galya cried when her parents sent her to a ballet school.
At the age of nine, the doors of the State Choreographic School opened for the girl. Her mother was her first teacher. The pupils loved Maria Fedorovna, considered her kind and cordial. But even this was not happy Galina Ulanova (ballerina).
The biography of the artist is replete with memories in which she says how difficult it was for her to fall in love with ballet. It was already very difficult for everything to happen, there was not that lightness, airiness and fabulousness thatthe viewer sees. On the other side of the curtains, ballet is serious work, pain and overcoming failures in staging numbers.
By the way, the mother was very strict and demanding towards her main student. The girl often cried and did not want to study, she hated ballet with all her heart. But the family did not consider another profession, as well as the option that Galina might remain unknown.
"I didn't want to dance" - Ulanova (ballerina)
The biography of Galina Sergeevna is filled with tragedy and loneliness. With all her heart, she could not accept classes, ballet drill. Even being famous, she lamented: “How can you love something that is so difficult to come by!” It is difficult in this profession for everyone and always, but it seemed to the little girl Galya that she was the hardest of all. Perhaps that is how it was. The fact is that by nature the ballerina Ulanova is very shy and painful.
Galina Sergeevna carried the burden of shyness all her life. At first, she was not given answers at the blackboard, then interviews seemed like torture to her, and even speeches in a small circle of colleagues she always tried to avoid. A vivid example is given by her comrades at work in the theater. Once, after a long absence of Galina Sergeevna, the whole team organized a warm meeting for her. But even feeling her moral duty, the ballerina could not express her gratitude in words. Instead, she bought small bouquets and placed each on a table or music stand as a token of attention and gratitude. Ballerina Ulanova has always believed that it is necessary not to speak, but to act!
Recognition
In her dreams, little Galya was never a ballerina, she was attracted by the sea (as a baby she always repeated: “I want to be a sailor boy!”). But a moral duty to her parents forced her to devote herself entirely to ballet. Her dislike and occupation through force made the mother think about the correct choice of the future for her daughter. Perseverance, purposefulness and natural plasticity every day "planed" the ideal ballerina, and Maria Fedorovna gained confidence in what she had done.
The role of Floriana in The Sleeping Beauty is Ulanova's first role as a professional ballerina. Closed, modest and fearful of the public, the girl had a very hard time every time she went on stage. And the first time swept in the cycle of fear.
A. Ya. Vaganova made a huge contribution to the development of the ballerina's professional skills. The outstanding choreographer worked with Ulanova long after graduation. Agrippina Yakovlevna was constantly looking for an individuality in dance that would suit Galina Sergeevna, since she was very different from others. And the choreographer tried to reveal this dissimilarity, not hide it.
Galina Ulanova began to receive the love of the hall from the first appearances on the stage. The ballerina was very strict about her work and was not satisfied with it for a long time.
"Swan Lake" made the nineteen-year-old Galina very famous. But the shy ballerina did not believe the audience and slowly despaired and was disappointed.
Tipping point
The role that opened the heart of Galina Sergeevna and launched ballet into it was Giselle. It is curious that initially this party was supposed to be performed by another ballerina. Ulanova tried on the role for a long time, studied the character, but, imbued with history, she performed it amazingly. Giselle helped Galina Sergeevna realize that one of the main things in her work is the ability to transform. At the same time, the highlight of Ulanova was natural shyness and "principled" naturalness, they never let her put on a mask and give ostentatious emotions and feelings.
Further Ulanova began to love her roles, her heroines, experience their lives, endow them with new qualities. Perhaps the most memorable role of Galina Sergeevna is Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
The whole life of the outstanding Galina Ulanova is ballet. Brilliant images, inimitable performance, titanic work, changing theaters and cities - all this made up the life of a fragile and shy woman.
Interesting facts
The life of a great ballerina is full of ups, perseverance and determination. She wanted a different fate for herself. But, fortunately, Ulanova's parents, her teachers considered in her what gave her happiness and the opportunity for us to learn about her talent.
Despite her fame and recognition of viewers and professionals around the world, Galina Sergeevna was endlessly lonely. She married three times and had no children of her own. After leaving the stage, she devoted herself to teaching. She managed to pass on the secrets of her skill to her students, but no one was destined to outshine her.
The tulip variety "Ulanova" has been bred in Holland. Released in Russiacommemorative two-ruble coin for the anniversary of Galina Sergeevna, a diamond is named after her.
In the Moscow apartment where she lived, they made a museum of the ballerina Galina Ulanova. And memorial plaques were placed on the houses where she lived.
Books, films, concerts are dedicated to the memory of Ulanova. The great ballerina died in 1998 and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
