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All the World’s a Stage in a Mid-Century Trans-Continental Age
[Svetlana Beriosova photographed by Hans Wild (1957)] Lithuanian-British prima ballerina Svetlana Nikolayevna Beriosova was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 24 September 1932. Svetlana Beriosova was the daughter of Nicolas Beriosoff, a Lithuanian ballet master of ethnic Russian descent, who immigrated … Continue reading
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Tagged #Ballet, classical ballet, Igor Stravinsky, Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells
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I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I Am Indispensable
“I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I am Indispensable“, is how Russian art critic, patron, and ballet impresario, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, described himself. Sergei Diaghilev was born on 19 March, 1872, in Selishchi. His mother died soon after … Continue reading