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Olga Lepeshinskaya

Soviet ballet dancer.

Born September 28th, 1916 in Kyiv.

Died December 20th, 2008 at 92 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
ballerina, ballet dancer, ballet teacher, choreographer, dance teacher, dancer, pedagogue

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel