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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1792
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Moses Soyer
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New York, United States of America
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1954
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At home they called her “dummy” and other names like that because she was always so quiet and still, never stirring when she was called. When she was nine years old, she went to school and began…
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Celia Dropkin
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935
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J.J. Gibson
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Chicago, United States of America
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1893
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Léon Bakst
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Paris, France
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1912
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Mr. Engel concludes that the music to my songs is not folk, because, in his opinion, it includes the rhythms of waltz music and mazurkas, and these dance rhythms are used even in the cases where I…
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Mark Varshavsky
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1901
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Among the figures of contemporary ballet on the Maryinsky’s stage, Mathilda Kshesinskaya constitutes a phenomenon of exceptional interest. Her name enjoys great fame, her talent—unusually brilliant…
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Akim Volynsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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Corinne Chochem, Muriel Roth
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ca. 1941
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The ballet season has begun with Swan Lake, in which the young ballerina Tamara Karsavina performed twice. The public is clearly interested in ballet, and among various segments of the Petersburg…
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Akim Volynsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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When about two years ago the wish arose in me to explain the artistic basis of the new trends evident in the “Ballets Russes,” my attempt, which appeared as an article entitled “On the New Ballet” (Ap…
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André Levinson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1913