images that haunt us
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
Dancer Lydia Sokolova
(1896–1974), born Hilda Munnings, was an English
ballerina who danced with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes for over 15 years
(from 1913), and became a Principal of the Company. Here, as the Miller’s Wife in Massine’s Le Tricorne [The Three-Cornered Hat], 1919. Photo: Lenare. / source: Royal Dance School
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
Le Dieu bleu :: Légende hindoue en 1 acte, chorégraphie de Michel Fokine. Paris : Théâtre du Châtelet, 13-05-1912. Photographe présumé: Waléry (1866-1935).
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in ‘Schéhérazade’, London, England, 1920 | src e.o.hoppe/photoshelter/ballets.russes
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