Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
‘Due to your long-standing creative work, talent, dedication to Belarusian choreography you’ve achieved your colleagues’ recognition and the audience’s love not only in our country, but also worldwide,’ Alexander Lukashenko emphasized. In the President’s opinion, the vivid characters created by Lyudmila Brzhozovskaya on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre have become classics and are regarded an integral part of the history of Belarusian ballet.
One of the brightest stars of Belarusian ballet in the history of the theatre, a student of the eminent teachers and dancers of St Petersburg ballet school Nina Mlodzinskaya, Valentina Dudko, Irina Savelyeva, a graduate of the Belarusian Choreographic School, Lyudmila Brzhozovskaya joined the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in 1966. She began her artistic career in productions by Otar Dadishkiliani, Nina Stukolkina and Aleksey Andreyev.
She was the first Carmen, Eve, Nele, Phrygia, Masha, the Beloved in Carmen Suite, The Creation of the World, Till Eulenspiegel, Spartacus, The Nutcracker, or Another Christmas Story, Carmina Burana respectively in productions by Valentin Elizariev. Each of her roles became an outstanding artistic achievement and revelation. Her talent was applauded at over 30 countries, including Italy, Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, India, Mongolia, Jordan, Kuwait, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, etc.
- The title of the People’s Artist of Belarus was conferred on her at 29 years old.
- The young dancer did an apprenticeship programme at the Kirov Theatre under the People’s Artist of the USSR, Vaganova’s student Natalia Dudinskaya.
- After the concert during a famous festival in Rome, where Lyudmila Brzhozovskaya and Yury Troyan danced the adagio from The Creation of the World, the noted director Franco Zeffirelli expressed his admiration for the dance and presented her two bottles of perfume, saying that one is for her and the other is for her Adam.
- In 1986 Lyudmila Brzhozovskaya played the part of a talented dancer in a melodrama by Ayan Shakhmaliyev, The Myth, starring the legendary Maris Liepa.
- She was often compared to Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn.
- Lyudmila has been portrayed by renowned artists, such as Boris Zaborov and Alexander Shestakov.
- Lyudmila Brzhozovskaya creates landscapes, bunches of flowers, sketches on the theme of ballet.
- Among her students one can find People’s Artists of the Republic of Belarus Olga Gayko and Lyudmila Kudryavtseva, Honoured Artists of the Republic of Belarus Marina Vezhnovets and Irina Eromkina.
