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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.
Nicholas II’s first passion, ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, remains the subject of much debate: Did she have a child with the emperor as some people claim? Probably not. A single meeting...
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.
Apr 2, 2016 · 1. Nicholas II and Mathilde Kschessinska. Source: Archive photo; RIA Novosti. It was the tsarevich's father, Emperor Alexander III, who became the inadvertent initiator of the affair by sitting...
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.
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 ...
