Sofia Golovkina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sofia Golovkina

Ballet dancer, educator

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1915

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Feb-2004

Profession: ballet dancer, ballet master, ballerina

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sofia Nikolaevna Golovkina (alternate, Sophia; Russian, ?????????, ????? ??????????; 13 October 1915 - 17 February 2004) was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.
A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933, she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959.
In 1960, she became director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet School.
For her work, Golovkina was awarded the Russian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
She died in 2004 in Moscow.