Person    | Female  Born 3/12/1893  Died 25/1/1953

Sophie Fedorovitch

Categories: Art, Craft / Design, Dance, Theatre, Tragedy

Countries: Russia

Russian-born theatrical designer who worked with ballet choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton from his first choreographed ballet in 1926 until her accidental death in 1953. Fedorovitch designed for several British choreographers including Ninette de Valois and Antony Tudor, as well as for opera and theatre. From 1951 until her death in 1953, she was a member of the artistic advisory panel of Sadler's Wells Ballet, a role she had unofficially undertaken for many years.

Fedorovitch died at home, less than 2 months after her 60th birthday, as a result of a gas leak.

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