Cochran Freaks, 1930
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Freak Ballet, April 1930
George Platt Lynes :: Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, daughter of an Osage Indian chief as Eurydice in Balanchine’s Orpheus, 1948.
As a muse to Balanchine in the late 1940s and the 1950s, she inspired some of his most enduring ballets. Among these early creations was Orpheus, the ballet that was instrumental in the creation of the New York City Ballet itself in 1948. Balanchine had choreographed the role of Eurydice on Tallchief.
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Tanaquil Le Clercq posing with George Balanchine in her costume
for “Metamorphoses,” choreographed by George Balanchine. Circa 1952. Source www.pbs.org
Olga Spessivtzeva (Olga Spessiva) in Balanchine’s ‘La Chatte’, Monte Carlo, 1927 | src
Sasha (Alexander Stewart) ::
Russian Ballet dancers Lyubov Tchernicheva, Alice Nikitina, Alexandra
Danilova, Felia Doubrovska and Serge Lifar during a production of
‘Apollon Musagetes’ in 1928, composed by Igor Stravinsky and
choreographed by George Balanchine
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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
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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.
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