Michel Fokine as Amoun in Cleopatra (1908). Imperial Theater Photo. Michel Fokine was Diaghilev’s chief ballet master and choreographer until his departure in 1912. He returned to the company in 1914. | src and hi res Flickr / Leo Boudreau
Photograph of Ninette de Valois as ‘un joueur de volant’ [Badminton player] in Nijnska’s Les Facheux The Annoying Ones, 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 RBS/STA/NDV/PHO/
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