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Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (Russian: Тамара Платоновна Карсавина; 9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev.
May 22, 2024 · Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia—died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was an Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav Nijinsky in Michel Fokine’s avant-garde ballets helped to revive interest in ballet in western Europe.
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May 28, 1978 · Tamara Karsavina, one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation, died in her sleep at the age of 93 Friday in the London nursing home where she had lived for the past few years, Reuters...
Karsavina, Tamara (1885–1978)Outstanding dancer of her generation who helped introduce Russian ballet to Western audiences before World War I and, in later years, continued to exercise a major influence on the development of European ballet through her teaching and writing.
Oct 17, 2022 · The Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina became a writer at the age of 46, when — against all odds as someone who only learned English as an adult — she penned a richly detailed, wonderfully written memoir for the English-speaking world: Theatre Street, first published in London in 1931.
Overview. Tamara Karsavina. (1885—1978) ballet dancer. Quick Reference. (Tamara Platonovna Karsavina; born 9 March 1885 in Saint Petersburg, died 26 May 1978 in Beaconsfield, England), Russian-British ballerina, teacher, and writer. Karsavina's father, Platon Karsavin, was a first dancer ...
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Mar 9, 2021 · CelebratingTamara Karsavina. Today marks 136 years since the birth of Tamara Karsavina, the legendary Russian ballerina, and one of the founders of the RAD. Born in St. Petersburg in 1885, Karsavina’s early career saw her dance with the Imperial Ballet alongside her celebrated rival dancer Anna Pavlova, before appearing with the distinguished ...
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