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Dance Study
Hans Brandenburg
1910
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Hans Brandenburg was a writer and illustrator known for an early history of modern dance. His wife Dora Brandenburg-Polster likely assisted with the drawings in the book. Despite his anti-Semitism, he respected and championed the work of Jewish dancers such as Alexander Sacharoff.
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…
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…
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…