Rostislav Zakharov，Rostislav Vladimirovich Zakharov was born in 1907, in Russia. He studied acting and dance in St. Petersburg. From 1930-1936, Zakharov was an actor and choreographer at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad (now Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg). There he choreographed his first version of "Zolushka" (Cinderella) on the music of Sergei Prokofiev.