Theodore Kosloff — dancer with roots in the Russian Empire
Theodore Kosloff was a Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor born in Moscow who trained at the Imperial Ballet School before emigrating to America, where he became Cecil B. DeMille's principal choreographer and a popular silent film star.
Tracing the roots — St. Petersburg
Born in Moscow in 1882 and trained at the Moscow Imperial Ballet School, Kosloff brought the full weight of Russian classical training to Hollywood and American dance. His choreography for DeMille's epic films — and his school in Los Angeles which trained a generation of American dancers — was a direct transfer of Russian ballet culture to the New World.
Brought Russian ballet to US.[web:17]
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St. Petersburg. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.