Ileana Leonidoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ileana Leonidoff

Russian choreographer and actor

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1893

Place of Birth: Sevastopol, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1968

Profession: actor, choreographer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ileana Leonidoff (1893 – after 1966) is a pseudonym for Elena Sergeevna Pisarevskaya (Russian: ????? ????????? ???????????), a Russian-born emigrée who first made a career in Italy in silent films and then as a noted dancer and choreographer.
She was the founder and lead dancer of the Dance School of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
During World War II, she fled to South America, first teaching in Argentina and then in Ecuador in 1950.
She was the first director of the Ballet Oficial de Bolivia, then served as the director of the Guayaquil Ballet in Ecuador, and became the founder of the Ballet School of Trujillo, Peru.
She was honored as a knight of the Order of the Condor of the Andes in 1953.