How did Agrippina Vaganova, of Armenian descent, become the founder of Russian classical ballet theory?

A short-legged, chubby child of Armenian origin became the founder of the theory of Russian classical ballet

 

This year marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Agrippina Vaganova, a ballet dancer, choreographer, founder of the theory of Russian classical ballet, of Armenian origin. She appeared at the age of ten at the choreography school of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. As she herself recalled, she was a short-legged, chubby child and did not inspire much hope that she could become a ballet dancer. She was not born Agrippina Vaganova. She became.