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Adolph Bolm

Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951)

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Born
September 25, 1884
Died
April 16, 1951
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1884

About Adolph Bolm

Adolph Rudolphovich Bolm was a Russian-born American ballet dancer and choreographer, of German descent. In 1919, Bolm staged The Birthday of the Infanta, his first large ballet for the Chicago Opera Company, with music by John Alden Carpenter, and danced by Bolm and Ruth Page. Bolm graduated from the Russian Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg in 1904; his teacher was Platon Karsavin.

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Adolph Bolm timeline

  1. Bolm graduated from the Russian Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg in 1904; his teacher was Platon Karsavin.
  2. In 1919, Bolm staged The Birthday of the Infanta, his first large ballet for the Chicago Opera Company, with music by John Alden Carpenter, and danced by Bolm and Ruth Page.

The world when Adolph Bolm was born

Adolph Bolm was born in 1884. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGrover Cleveland elected president
  • Technology milestoneFirst roller coaster opens at Coney Island
  • Notable inventionRoller coaster
  • World population~1.44B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population53.7M

1884 versus 2026

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Measure18842026
Population53.7M341 million

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