#lubov tchernicheva

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Flora Marguerite Lion (British, 1878 - 1958), Painting of Russian born ballerina, Lubov Tchernicheva (1890-1976), as Cleopatra, 1918.

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Lubov Tchernicheva as Cleopatra, 1918.

©E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection.

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Sonia Delaunay - Painting of Lubov Tchernicheva as Cleopatra (1918)

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Lubov Tchernicheva and Léonide Massine as the tsarina and the tsarevich in the 1916 production of the Ballets Russes' L'Oiseau de Feu.

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Photograph of Lubov Tchernicheva as Echo in Narcisse

c. 1923

gelatin silver print

Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton LIbrary

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Lubov Tchernicheva by Malcolm Burthnot                             

Gelatin silver print

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Photograph by Bragaglia of Lubov Tchernicheva in Thamar, performed by the Ballets Russes, 1920s

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Lubov Tchernicheva and Christopher Gable rehearse for Les Sylphides, 1963

The Art of the Royal Ballet by Keith Money, 1966

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Lubov Tchernicheva in the Ballet Cleopatra, Costumes by Sonia Delaunay, 1918.

(Source: theredlist.com)

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Lubov Tchernicheva as Zobeide in Mikhail Fokine's ballet Schéhérazade by Vera Willoughby (Hungarian-born? English, 1870--1939)

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Three part costume designed by Natalia Goncharova and worn by Lubov Tchernicheva as the Sea Princess in Adolf Bolm's ballet Sadko created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1916.

source: V&A

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E O Hoppé     Lubov Tchernicheva as Cléopâtre in the Diaghileff Ballet’s Production of Fokine’s “Cléopâtre,” London      1918

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The photo above shows George Balanchine as Prince Désiré and Vera Nemtchinova as Princess Aurora in the Diaghilev company's Aurora's Wedding, performed in London, probably in 1925. This was the third act of The Sleeping Beauty, presented on a mixed bill with other ballets. It’s a shock to see Balanchine dancing a classical role; his forté was character dancing.

In case there is any doubt, the cast list shown below confirms that Balanchine danced the prince. There are many other notable dancers in the list, including Alexandra Danilvoa, Alice Nikitina, Anton Dolin, Lubov Tchernicheva, and Stanislas Idzikovsky. There is also one “Nina Devalois,” who was undoubtedly Ninette de Valois, later the founder of the Royal Ballet.

Both photos come from Alistair Macauley’s website. The photo of Balanchine and Nemtchinova was sent to him by the ballet critic Robert Grescovic, and the cast list below by dance historian Andrew Foster via Grescovic. Be sure to read his essay about this. And, while you’re at it, bookmark the site. Macauley is probably the most interesting critic working today, with a great deal of knowledge about ballet history, technique, and the ballet scene of today.

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