Anna Pavlova as the Dying Swan
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Dance Study
“Tanzstudie,” from Hans Brandenburg’s Der moderne Tanz. This "dance study" was based on an abstract, modernist dance performed by Alexander Sacharoff (1886–1963), whose distinctive expression and…
Narcisse
Program cover of a 1911 performance of the Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, showing Léon Bakst’s costume design for Narcisse.
Dance as a Solemn Ritual
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…
Matilda Kshesinskaia: Swan Lake
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…
The New Ballet versus the Old
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…
Ida Rubinstein as a Nurse
Famed dancer, actress, and patron of the arts Ida Rubinstein volunteered as a nurse in France during World War I, in a uniform specially designed for her by Léon Bakst. Rubinstein was born into a…