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Carl van Vechten :: Dancer Alicia Markova as Gisele,New York, April 15, 1941 / src: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Dancer Alicia Markova as the Nightingale in Balanchine’s Le Chant du Rossignol [Song of the Nightingale], 1925, with music by Stravinsky and designs by Matisse. From a
programme for the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1925. Originally
choreographed by Massine in 1920, the ballet was revised as a vehicle
for the very young Alicia Markova. Photographer unknown. / src: Royal Ballet

Robin Isely :: Photocomposite of
English ballerina Alicia Markova in The Dying Swan by Maurice Seymour (1940’s) and giant octopus. / via robinisely
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