
Les Noces by Nijinska 1923

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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Lubov Tchernyshova, Zygmund Novak and Vera Nemtchinova in ‘Astuzie Femminili’, 1920 / src: E.O. Hoppé: Ballet Ruses
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Three Maiko, 1928. Three maiko (apprentice geisha), Takewaka on the left, Tomeko in the centre and Satogiku on the right. / src: Blue Ruin

Vintage photograph of bathers protecting themselves with a parasol while bathing, 1920′s. / src: sunshinevintagephoto

Vera Nemtchinova in Les Biches, first danced in 1924. / src: Nalda Murilova

Claude Harris :: Bronislava Nijinska in Holy Etudes, with two unidentifed dancers, 1925. Nijinska’s Théâtre Chorégraphique.

Dancer Ninette de Valois as ‘un joueur de volant’ [Badminton player] in Nijnska’s Les Facheux [The Annoying Ones]
(1924), given by the Diaghilev Ballets Russes. It was based on
Molière’s libretto for Beauchamps’ much earlier work of the same name
(1661). Photographer unknown. / src: Royal Ballet School

Dancer Ninette de Valois in a 1925 revival of Fokine’s Les Papillons [The Butterflies] (1913). The annotation reads: ‘Ninette de Valois with Diaghilev’ [ie the Ballets Russes]. Photographer unknown./ src: Royal Ballet

Signed photograph of Ninette de Valois in You’d be Surprised,
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, January-February, 1923. The show
transferred to London’s Alhambra Theatre, and ran for nearly 200
performances, until May 1923. Photo: Hana / source: Royal Ballet

Ninette de Valois (centre back) as Cupidon in a series of divertissements entitled Fanatics of Pleasure with Lydia Lopokova and Léonide Massine (centre) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1922. Photographer unknown. / source: Royal Ballet School