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Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer, OBE (Russian: Сулами́фь Миха́йловна Мессере́р, 27 August 1908, Moscow – 3 June 2004, London) was a Russian ballerina and choreographer who laid the foundations for the classical ballet in Japan.
In 1933, she and her brother Asaf Messerer became the first Soviet dancers to tour Western Europe. After her sister Rachel Messerer-Plisetskaya was purged, she adopted Rachel's daughter Maya Plisetskaya, whom she coached into one of the greatest ballerinas.
In 1932–1933 Asaf and Sulamith were the first dancers to present Soviet ballet in the West, performing in Latvia, Sweden, Denmark, France, and Germany. The highlight of their program was The Football [i.e., Soccer] Player, which Asaf had choreographed.
Sulamith Michailovna Messerer, ballet dancer and teacher: born Moscow 27 August 1908; OBE 2000; (one son); died London 3 June 2004. The Soviet ballerina Sulamith Messerer became one of the...
Russian ballerina and choreographer. Born Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer, Aug 27, 1908, in Moscow, Russia; died June 3, 2004, in London, England; dau. of a Lithuanian Jewish dentist; sister of Asaf Messerer (1903–1992, ballet dancer) and Raissa Messerer (actress and mother of Maya Plisetskaya); m. Gregory Levitin (motorcyclist), 1947; children ...
Sulamif Messerer was an influential ballerina who taught a generation of dancers globally. After swimming in the 1928 Soviet Olympiada, she became a prima ballerina in the Bolshoi Ballet Company. She had a long dance career and then became a renowned teacher in Russia, Japan, New York, and London.
Jun 26, 2004 · Sulamith Messerer The Russian dancer Sulamith Messerer, who has died aged 95, was the Bolshoi Ballet's prima ballerina for more than 20 years and, as a student, ballerina, teacher and ...
