«Narcisse» (Divinité inférieure)
Tag: ballet russes
Sydney Fox Studio
:: Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume,
Sydney, Australia, 1934. | src NSW State Library
Olga
Spessivtzeva (billed Spessiva for phonic simplicity or maybe to make
the name more the same length as “Pavlova” who had toured six years
before on her Australian tour).
“To Mary Marlowe, Olga Spessiva”, signature on the bottom right hand corner.
Sasha (Alexander Stewart) :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1927. “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr
S. Georges :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, ca.1927. “La Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner. It was created in 1926-1927 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr
more [+] about this ballet
Sasha (Alexander Stewart) ::
Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1928. “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr
Underwood & Underwood :: Russian ballet dancer Alice Nikitina as
La Chatte, 1928 in “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat), a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine.
/ Photo courtesy: Getty Images
Alicia Nikitina as the Cat in Ballets Russes’ “La Chatte”, ca. 1927. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and
it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and Olga
Spessivtzeva in the title role. / src: Bibliotheque Nationale de France via Flickr
more [+] about this ballet
https://embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
Nina Golovina in Auroras wedding, 1940. The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source: State Library Victoria Collections
(Source: https://www.flickr.com/)
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:
Baron Adolph de Meyer :: Vaslav Nijinsky as the Golden Slave in the Fokine ballet of Rimsky-Korsavov’s Schéhérazade, 1910 / src: Wikimedia Commons
un regard oblique 