Avdotya Timofeevna

Attracted the attention of the Empress Anna Ioannovna at the court of which the teacher was put Avdotya Lande court ballet. Following the success of a student, Landa was made the court choreographer, and was commanded to arrange a drama school, whose pupils chose the Empress of the children of the court workers. Avdotya had great success in the ballet, staged in Moscow during the coronation of Empress Elizabeth, in 1742.