Vera Nemtchinova in Les Biches, first danced in 1924. / src: Nalda Murilova
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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 Vera Nemtchinova, 1940. The dancer performs an arabesque in a short tutu.Biographical/Historical note: The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source:
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
Photograph of Anna Pavlova in one of her most distinctive solo dances, The Dragonfly, ca. 1925. Photographer unknown. / source: the.royal.ballet
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Herman Mishkin :: Anna Pavlova, 1915 / source: NY Public Library
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Lipnitzki :: Dancer Alexandra Danilova in ‘Apollo Musagete’ in Paris, June 1928 (Roger Viollet Coll. via Getty Images)
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Vera Zorina in a publicity photo for On Your Toes (1939) / via mudwerks
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