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Dancer Serge Lifar: ‘Élévation’. From the book ‘Destin d’un Danseur’ by Andre’ Levinson (Paris, France, 1934). Editions Bernard Grasset (Minkshmink collection).
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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
(src Getty Images)
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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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