On 8 January the world marks one hundred and five years since the birth of Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova. Galina Ulanova last appeared on-stage as a dancer in 1960, but even to day her name remains a symbol of the art of ballet, the embodiment of its most beautiful and human essence.
Ulanova’s dance wan not merely and not so much the movement of her body as much as the movement of her soul. Her brilliant technique (learned from Vaganova) was always an invisible servant to the images she performed that staggered audiences to the depths of their souls, to be remembered forever as true revelations. Juliet and Maria in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, roles that Ulanova created, proved to be unsurpassed in terms of acting skills, they were exemplary images of bringing a dance role to life. The scale of the ballerina’s skill as an actress revealed broad expanses of true drama. Whatever Ulanova danced, she was captivating in her simplicity, unaffected sincerity of emotion and musicality. Ulanova created numerous brilliant roles in Leningrad at the Kirov Theatre, which she joined after completing ballet school and where she danced for eight years. Vasily Vainonen’s The Nutcracker was a ballet in the production of which Galina Ulanova was involved (she created the role of Masha) and which sparkled thanks to her luminous quality and great talent.
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