Ballet is an elite art. Recognizing images created through dance and music is not so simple. This requires training and education. Galina Ulanova, the legendary and inimitable actress, devoted her life to ballet. This difficult service was appreciated by grateful spectators and representatives of power structures.
Family tradition
People's Artist of the Soviet Union Galina Sergeevna Ulanova lived a busy and hard life. Looking at the scene where a dancer in a white “tutu” flutters to the music, it seems that she never gets tired. In fact, this is completely wrong. The ease of movement hides the maximum physical and nervous tension. It is difficult to imagine that young girls and boys consciously doom themselves to hard labor. The directors of dance numbers are no easier. In preparing the performance, they have to take into account the physical characteristics of a particular artist.
The biography of the great actress can fit on one page of typewritten text. Galina Ulanova was born in January 1910. A family of ballet dancers who served at the Mariinsky Theater was expecting a boy. But if the Lord decreed in his own way, parents sincerely gave their love and tenderness to the girl. The child was not spoiled, but was not deprived of the basic joys of childhood. Father gladly took the girl with him for fishing. The little fisherwoman herself knew how to dig up worms and catch a gudgeon in a country pond. However, upon reaching the age of nine, Galya was sent to a choreographic school.
The girl received special education under the supervision of her mother, who worked as a teacher in the school. Over the years of study, Galina, from her own experience, felt how a ballerina lives and what she does in between performances. When Ulanova completed her studies, she was immediately accepted to the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. At that time she was 18 years old. From the first appearance on the stage, Galina made a favorable impression on the public and criticism.
