Natalia Roslavleva Explained

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Natalia Petrovna Roslavleva was the pseudonym of Natalia Petrovna René (1907–1977),^[1] a Soviet dance historian and critic.^[2]

Life

Natalia René was born in 1907 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She attended the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in Moscow.^[2]

Writing for the journal Ballet Today in the 1940s, she chose the name Natalia Roslavleva in hommage to the Russian dancer Lyubov Roslavleva (1874–1904).^[1]

Roslavleva died of cancer in Moscow on January 3, 1977.^[2]

Works

• The "Beryozka" State Dance Company. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1960.
• Stanislavski and the ballet. New York: Dance Perspectives, 1965.
• Era of the Russian Ballet 1770–1965. London: Victor Gollancz, 1966.
• Prechistenka 20: the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow. New York: Dance Perspectives, 1975

Notes and References

1. Book: Room, Adrian . Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins . McFarland . 2014 . 5th . 415 . 9780786457632 .
2. Book: Anne . Commire . Anne Commire . Deborah . Klezmer . Roslavleva, Natalia (1907–1977) . Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages . 2006 . https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/roslavleva-natalia-1907-1977 .