Karsavina, Tamara (Platonovna)
- Karsavina, Tamara (Platonovna)
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born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia
died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.
Russian-born British dancer.
She trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and joined the
Mariinsky Theatre company in 1902. She joined the
Ballets Russes at its formation in 1909; dancing with Vaslav Nijinsky until 1913, she created most of the leading roles in Michel Fokine's neo-Romantic repertoire, including
Les Sylphides,
Carnaval,
Le Spectre de la rose, and
The Firebird. She settled in London, where she helped found the Royal Academy of Dancing in 1920 and the Camargo Society in 1930 and later coached
Margot Fonteyn.
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Universalium.
2010.
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Karsavina, Tamara Platonovna — ▪ Russian ballerina born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng. Anglo Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav Nijinsky (Nijinsky, Vaslav) in Michel Fokine s avant garde ballets… … Universalium
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KARSAVINA (T. P.) — KARSAVINA TAMARA PLATONOVNA (1885 1978) Danseuse russe, née à Saint Pétersbourg et morte à Beaconsfield, près de Londres. Issue d’une famille d’artistes et d’intellectuels, fille du danseur Platon Karsavine, Tamara Karsavina entre d’abord à… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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