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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.
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Matilda Kshesinskaya was a ballerina who caught the eye of the future tsar Nicholas II in 1890. Their love letters and diaries reveal their passion, but also the rumors of a secret child and the end of their relationship.
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.
- Nicholas II and Mathilde Kschessinska. It was the tsarevich's father, Emperor Alexander III, who became the inadvertent initiator of the affair by sitting the pretty graduate of the choreographic school next to his son at a gala dinner.
- Paul I and Anna Lopukhina. Catherine II's son Paul I was a Grand Master of the Maltese Order and considered himself a real knight, and every knight needs a ladylove.
- Alexander I and Maria Naryshkina. The heart of Alexander I, who ruled Russia for the first quarter of the 19th century, belonged to Maria Naryshkina, a scion of a noble Polish family.
- Alexander II and Yekaterina Dolgorukova. Emperor Alexander II was 28 years older than his mistress. He knew Dolgorukova when she was still a little girl, from his visits to her father's estate.
Sep 18, 2014 · It is possible that this is film of famed Russian Prima Ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971) dancing.
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Born Matilda Feliksovna Kshesinskaia on August 19, 1872 (o.s.) in Ligovo, Russia; died on December 6, 1971, in Paris, France; daughter of Feliks Ivanovich Kshesinskii (Krzhesinskii-Nechui), a ballet dancer, and Julia Kshesinskaia; attended Imperial Ballet School, 1880–90; married Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich, in 1921; children: Vladimir (b ...
