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Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska (Polish: Matylda Maria Krzesińska; Russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1872 – 6 December 1971; also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya after her marriage) was a Polish–Russian ballerina from the noble Krzesiński family.
Mathilde Kschessinska was the prima ballerina assoluta of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the first Russian dancer to master 32 consecutive fouettés en tournant (“whipped turns” done in place and on one leg), a feat previously performed only by Italian dancers and considered in that era the supreme.
Indeed, a newborn child appeared in Matilda’s family but much later, in 1911, but it was her brother’s - Joseph Kshesinsky. The child, named Celina, stayed in Russia after the Revolution and...
*For donate* https://www.paypal.me/womanandtime Mathilde Kschessinska (Kschessinskaya), Her Serene Highness Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya, a wife of Gran...
Dec 6, 2014 · This video contains two pieces of footage of famed Mariinsky ballerina Mathilde Kschessinskaya (1872-1971). The first shows Kschessinskaya greeting guests and firmly directing proceedings at...
Mathilde Kschessinska Biography. Notable: 1872 – 1971; Mariinsky Ballet. Mathilde Kschessinska (Kschessinskaya) was born in Ligova, Russia, in 1872. She studied at the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet School with Ivanov, Johansson and Cecchetti. Graduated into the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890.
Sep 9, 2022 · Learn about the life and career of Mathilde Kschessinska, a prominent Russian ballerina who danced for the Imperial family and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Read her memoirs and how she became the mistress of Nicholas II and survived the revolution.
