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Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) in costume for the solo dance The Dying Swan, a role especially created for her, and which she performed an estimated four thousand times. Born in St. Petersburg and brought…
Score of “Le Grand Pas” from the ballet Paquita, which premiered in Paris in 1846 and which, in adapted form, became a mainstay of classical ballet.
“Tanzstudie,” from Hans Brandenburg’s Der moderne Tanz.
Very little is known about Rahlo Jammele, who performed so-called Moorish dances at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) “Turkish Village” pavilion. Fair materials described her as “a…
Louis Gottschalk wrote “The Water Sprite—Polka de Salon” soon upon his return to the United States after spending most of his teenaged years in Europe, where he was sent by his father to study music…
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.
