Askold Anatolievich Makarov (Russian: Аско́льд Анато́льевич Мака́ров; 3 May 1925 – 25 December 2000) was a Russian ballet dancer and ballet professor, leading soloist at the Kirov Ballet during the 1960s and early 1970s. Director of the Saint-Petesburg State Academic Ballet from 1976 to 2000. Awarded with: State Prize of the USSR (1951) and People's Artist of the USSR (1983).[1][2]

Askold Makarov became director of the theater Choreographic Miniatures after the Leonid Yakobson's death in 1975.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ Askold Makarov Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Russian Ballet, accessed December 27, 2007. (in Russian)
  2. ^ Saint-Petesburg State Academic Ballet Archived January 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Ballet's site, accessed December 27, 2007.
  3. ^ "St. Petersburg State and Academic Ballet Theatre". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2007.


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