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Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер; 19 November 1903 – 7 March 1992) was a Soviet ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Mar 13, 1992 · Asaf Messerer, a Russian teacher, ballet master and dancer, died on Saturday at his home in Moscow. He was 88 years old. He had been ill for several weeks with bronchitis, said a...
Sep 9, 2009 · Asaf (1903-92) had started teaching in the Bolshoi when only 20, and he developed a class of rare logic and care. In 1954 he was put in charge of grooming the top dancers in the classe de perfectionnement.
Dec 2, 2023 · Asaf Messerer (1903-1992). He was a man of strong will and great talent, despite all the historical cataclysms. One of the great men of Russian ballet. Messerer not only focused on physical...
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Asaf Messerer (1903–1992) studied privately with Mikhail Mordkin in 1919 in Moscow and was later singled out by Aleksandr Gorsky, who placed him in an experimental class at the Bolshoi Ballet School (from which Messerer graduated in 1921). He then joined the ballet as a principal dancer.
MESSERER, ASAF MIKHAILOVICH (1903–1992), dancer and teacher of the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow. Messerer, who was born in Vilna, graduated from the Bolshoi School in 1921 and was soon dancing important roles, including Siegfried in Swan Lake.
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Mar 7, 1992 · Asaf Messerer. (1903—1992) Quick Reference. ( b Vilnius, 19 Nov. 1903; d Moscow, 7 Mar. 1992) Soviet dancer, ballet master, and teacher. He studied privately with Mordkin, then with Gorsky at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow from 1919. He graduated in 1921, joining the Bolshoi Ballet.
