Asaf Messerer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Asaf Messerer

Russian ballet dancer

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1903

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1992

Profession: ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: ???? ?????????? ????????, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a Lithuanian Jewish and Soviet ballet dancer and ballet teacher.
He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
From 1919 until 1921 he trained as a dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet School under Mikhail Mordkin.
He then joined the Bolshoi Theatre, where he became a successful soloist, eventually becoming their chief soloist, a post he retired from in 1954. Today Messerer is best remembered as a choreographer and an instructor; he was both the choreographer and ballet master for the Bolshoi Theatre.
His book Classes in Classical Ballet is a thorough study of proper ballet technique and is still used today. Messerer was the brother of Sulamith Messerer.
He was married to silent film star, Anel Sudakevich (Russian: ????? ?????????), son - Boris Messerer (Russian: ????? ????????).
He won multiple awards from the USSR and from Lithuania.