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![Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
THÉATRE DE MONTE-CARLO, BALLET RUSSE [Karsavina]
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![Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52613327629_bb44094cde_o.jpg)
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![Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
THÉATRE DE MONTE-CARLO, BALLET RUSSE [Karsavina]
Lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris | src Christie's](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52612740211_60b1398bed_o.jpg)


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