
Dancer Vera Nemtchinova, 1940. The dancer performs an arabesque in a short tutu.Biographical/Historical note: The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source:
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Dancer Vera Nemtchinova, 1940. The dancer performs an arabesque in a short tutu.Biographical/Historical note: The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source:

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


Photograph of Anna Pavlova with a pet dog, undated. Photographer
unknown. / source: Royal Ballet

Photograph of Anna Pavlova in one of her most distinctive solo dances, The Dragonfly, ca. 1925. Photographer unknown. / source: the.royal.ballet
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Ernst Schneider :: Anna Pavlova in costume for her popular solo, Papillon [Butterfly], ca. 1909-13. Photo: Schneider. Vintage postcard. / src: The Royal Ballet School

Anna Pavlova in ‘The Dragonfly’, 1914. Vintage postcard. Unknown photographer. / source: dancadepoisdos / alternative version attributed to Franz Van Riel
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Herman Mishkin :: Anna Pavlova, 1915 / source: NY Public Library
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