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Tamara Platonovna Karsavina ( Russian: Тамара Платоновна Карсавина; 9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev.
May 22, 2024 · Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia—died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was an Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav Nijinsky in Michel Fokine’s avant-garde ballets helped to revive interest in ballet in western Europe.
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina practising at home, and then in class in 1924.In class, Karsavina is see...
Sep 10, 2013 · Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role in 'Giselle' in...
Aug 31, 2013 · Tamara Karsavina, the great Ballets Russes Prima Ballerina, talks to camera about dancing at the Paris premier of 'Les Sylphides' on 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du Châtelet.
Mar 9, 2021 · Today marks 136 years since the birth of Tamara Karsavina, the legendary Russian ballerina, and one of the founders of the RAD. Born in St. Petersburg in 1885, Karsavina’s early career saw her dance with the Imperial Ballet alongside her celebrated rival dancer Anna Pavlova, before appearing with the distinguished Diaghilev ballet ...
May 28, 1978 · Tamara Karsavina, one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation, died in her sleep at the age of 93 Friday in the London nursing home where she had lived for the past few years, Reuters ...
