Vera Shabshai
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Vera Shabshai - (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., (1905 - April 8, 1988) was a Soviet teacher and choreographer, the second wife of the graphic artist N. N. Kupreyanov.[1]
Biography
Vera Shabshai was born in 1905, the daughter of Yakov Fabianovich Kagan-Shabshai, an electrical engineer, professor, and collector of Jewish paintings. In 1927, she graduated from the Lunacharsky Moscow State Technical School (later GITIS) and the Choreography Department of the Lunacharsky Technical School. After graduation, she joined the Jewish Theater Freikunst and sought to revive Jewish ballet and pantomime.[2]
To support her endeavors, Shabshai turned to her father for financial assistance and to Mikhail Gnessin, chairman of the Jewish Music Society, for help with program distribution.[3] Notable artists worked on the costumes and scenography of her performances, while music was composed by Mikhail Gnessin, Alexander Crane, and Julius Engel. Shabshai's father subsidized the entire project.[4]
Unfortunately, the time allotted for Jewish ballet and pantomime in Soviet society was brief. In 1935, the Soviet government conducted a "Review of the Art of Dance", which subjected Shabshai's troupe to harsh criticism. Realizing that she would never again stage a Jewish ballet or perform Jewish dance, Shabshai delivered a farewell speech at the last evening of Jewish ballet in Moscow on April 17, 1935.[2]
Her final major work was the production of the ballet portion of "Kоschei the Immortal" to music by Rimsky-Korsakov, which premiered on August 1, 1936, at the "Island of Dance" in Moscow. For the rest of her life, Shabshai struggled to survive by leading groups and helping amateur artistic activities. Her daughter, Natalia, took up the baton of recreating Jewish dance later in life.[5]
During the years of Stalinist repression, Shabshai was arrested and spent a week in Butyrka prison. She passed away on April 8, 1988.[4]
References
- ↑ Сироткина, Ирина (2021-07-22). Свободный танец в России: История и философия [Free Dance in Russia: History and Philosophy] (in русский). Новое Литературное Обозрение. ISBN 978-5-4448-1620-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Хореограф Вера Шабшай : забытая "амазонка авангарда"" [Choreographer Vera Shabshai: the forgotten "Amazon of the avant-garde]. www.worldcat.org. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Russian art honoring Mariyah u-Mikhaʼil Tseṭlin, Sept. 2008, Ramat-Gan, Israel. OCLC 465304308. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Еврейский танец и эксперименты авангарда | Блог Ботинок". web.archive.org. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Вера Каган-Шабшай". bogatov.info. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ↑ "ШАБШАЙ Вера Яковлевна". rusavangard.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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