Ninette de Valois, 1920s

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/

Newscutting featuring Ninette de Valois as Little Red Riding Hood

Newscutting featuring Ninette de Valois performing with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes as Little Red Riding Hood in Aurora’s Wedding (1923), which was based on Act III of Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty. Photographer unknown. | src Royal Ballet School/NDV/EPH