Nina Timofeeva known and remembered. One of the most talented and
beloved disciples of the great Galina Ulanova, she knew how to make the
hall not only admire the technique of dance, but also to live the life
of the main character.
In the Bolshoi Theater she danced thirty-two
years - a long time for a ballerina. Prior to the most recent
appearances on this stage, she retained her outstanding technique, which
shone throughout her career, and she retained the magnetism with which
her every party was fanned. Her dance was different from what we think
when we think about the ballerina dance. Because at the word "ballerina"
we imagine a light, weightless creature. Nina Vladimirovna was a
completely different breed: her roles were passionate and strong, and
the dance was always smart. About virtuosity Timofeeva literally made
legends. It was unique.
The ballet dancer, who neglected the role
and was always ready to give herself to full stage reincarnation, danced
Swan Lake, Giselle, Raymond, Don Quixote, a very complex picture of
Shadows from the ballet La Bayadere in a concert version, a romantic
Chopiniana "And in each performance she knew how to find something of
her own. It was so interesting that the choreographers chose and chose
it for their performances, but the real hot spot for the ballerina would
be a meeting with the choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. It was in his
ballets that Timofeev danced her best games - Mistress of the Copper
Mountain in the ballet "The Stone Flower", Mehmene Banu in the "Legend
of Love". And of course, the grandiose role created by Nina Timofeeva
already in commonwealth with the choreographer Yuri Grigorovich - the
Aegina party in the ballet "Spartacus", where in the premiere
performance the star of the Bolshoi ballet met. Now it is simply
impossible to imagine such a concentration of individuals on the stage:
Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maksimova, Maris Liepa, Nina Timofeeva - it
was something incredible. The role that Timofeeva created in the ballet
"Spartacus" is the exceptional work of a ballerina. It is described
many times in the laudatory reviews of many countries, is shot in the
film-ballet and is the standard of how it should be performed. The role
of the courtesan Aegina - friend of the Roman military chief Crassus,
the ballerina does not cutesy and inviting, but strong, strong-willed,
passionate. She enters the Spartacus camp, distracts the Spartans and
thus gives Crassus the opportunity to conquer the enemy. Crassus will be
humbled by the fact that he was helped by a woman, but will hide his
humiliation and honor her at the end of the performance - he will order
the legionnaires to make up their spears,
Leaving her career as a
ballerina, Timofeeva initially started tutoring at the Bolshoi Theater,
and then left to teach in Israel, where she, together with her daughter,
Nadezhda, ballerina and assistant, opened the ballet school "Nina",
which exists to this day.