Vera Krasovskaya

Vera Krasovskaya
Born	Vera Mikhailovna Krasovskaya (1915-09-11)11 September 1915 Petrograd, Russia
Died	15 August 1999(1999-08-15) (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Education	Leningrad Ballet School
Alma mater	Leningrad Ostrovsky Institute of Theatre
Occupations	Ballet historian Ballet critic Dancer
Years active	1924–1999
Spouse	David Zolotnitskiy ​ ​ (m. 1949⁠–⁠1999)​
Children	2

Vera Mikhailovna Krasovskaya (Russian: Вера Михайловна Красовская; 11 September 1915 – 15 August 1999) was a Russian ballet historian, critic and dancer. She began her dancing career at the Leningrad Ballet School and graduated from it in 1933. Krasovskaya performed with the Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1933 to 1941 before stepping down to become a critic and studied at the Leningrad Ostrovsky Institute of Theatre. She published two volumes of four books on Russian ballet and went on to author a larger second volume focus on the history of ballet in Western Europe. Krasovskaya also wrote biographies on Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Natalia Dudinskaya, Irina Kolpakova, Nikita Dolgushin and Agrippina Vaganova. She was awarded the Triumph Prize in December 1998 for her contribution to Russian culture.