Nina Sorokina

Sorokina, Nina (b 13 May 1942). Soviet dancer. She studied at the Bolshoi School, and graduated into the company in 1961 where she became one of its most celebrated ballerinas. She created roles in Vasiliev's The Geologists (1964); Vinogradov's Asel (1967), and Vasiliev's Icarus (1971).