images that haunt us
Photograph of Michel Fokine as Prince Ivan and Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird in
‘L’Oiseau de Feu’, 1910. Music by Igor Stravinsky; libretto by Michel Fokine; sets by Aleksandr
Golovin, with additional costumes by Léon Bakst; premiere on 25 June
1910, Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris.
/ src: L. of Congress:
Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev
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Vera Nemtchinova in Les Biches, first danced in 1924. / src: Nalda Murilova
Dancer Ninette de Valois as ‘un joueur de volant’ [Badminton player] in Nijnska’s Les Facheux [The Annoying Ones]
(1924), 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: Royal Ballet School
Ninette de Valois (centre back) as Cupidon in a series of divertissements entitled Fanatics of Pleasure with Lydia Lopokova and Léonide Massine (centre) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1922. Photographer unknown. / source: Royal Ballet School
Vassar college girls practising their Greek dances, circa 1923 / source and hi-res: WHI
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
Isadora Duncan, 1919 / source:
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library
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