In village Pavlove situated near Moscow in 1773 was born Tanja SHlykova. The father its Vasily Shlykov was the master-armourer. Mother T. V.Shlykovoj - Elena Ivanovna served at a decanter Barbarian Alekseevne Cherkassk, married P.B.Sheremetev. The young countess loved the clever and quick servant, allocated from other servants with generous gifts. When at Elena Ivanovny the daughter was born, the girl took in the Big count house.

T. V.Shlykova was richly presented nature: she was learnt to play perfectly a harp, loved poetry, well drew, was engaged in woodcarving art. At that time many cut and sharpened on a tree and a bone. Especial talents Tanja SHlykova has shown to dances, still the girl it has attracted attention of the count.

SHlykovu the teachers invited from the party have started to train M.I.Dolgorukov, then. At theatre Sheremetevyh there was a big ballet troupe. Serf dancers and dancers entered into it: Moor Birjuzova, Avdotya Ametistova, Praskovja Kalmykova, Alain Kazakova, Vasily Vorobev, Kuzma De-ulin-Serdolikov, Nikolay Mramorov and many other things. The troupe all time replenished.

Russian ballet from the middle of XVIII century when in Petersburg the ballet school has been created, became the constant phenomenon of theatre life. At first it included dance, a pantomime, speech and singing. Ballet was an opera component, represented a chain of the dancing numbers often connected by opera action. Sometimes ballet joined in an opera in the form of a dancing interlude or shortly repeated the opera maintenance. In 60th of XVIII century ballet was allocated in an independent genre of multievent performance.

Ballet was in the big honour in Elizabeth Petrovny and Catherine II palaces. Danced not only the invited actors-professionals, but also the court. Some ballerinas received the big salary. In Petersburg, for example, dancer Nastenka Bireleva used loud glory in XIX century. It received 1300 roubles a year. 10 roubles a month-'na boots and stockings '. Bireleva has died, when to it was only 26 years. Admirers have lowered it in a tomb on sables and fell asleep a coffin not the earth, and colours.

Success Birelevoj did not allow to sleep easy to many dancers.

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