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Kshesinskaia, Matilda (1872–1971) One of the foremost classical Russian ballerinas between 1890 and 1917.
Sep 18, 2014 · Mathilde Kschessinska - Dancing with her Students in Paris c1920s? John Hall. 17.3K subscribers. 222. 41K views 8 years ago. It is possible that this is film of famed Russian Prima Ballerina of...
She was the first Russian Aurora and the first Russian dancer to perform the 32 fouettés in Swan Lake. She created Kitri in Gorsky’s 1902 production of Don Quixote. She danced mainly in Russia, but also performed with the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1909 and with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1911-12.
Oct 25, 2017 · Mathilde Kschessinska. Born in 1872, the ballet dancer of Polish origin is a prima ballerina at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. Alexei Yefimovich Uchitel, the famed Russian film...
Kschessinska was the first ballerina in Russia to master thirty-two fouettés en tournant. With her technical skills and excellent connections inside the imperial family, she soon became the prima ballerina assoluta of the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1890, Mathilde began a love affair with the future Tsar Nicholas II.
Sep 9, 2022 · 09.09.2022. Sergey Vinogradov. 150 years ago, Mathilde Kschessinska, a prominent Russian ballerina and a vivid figure in Russian history at the turn of the century was born. Today she is commonly referred to as the mistress of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
Mathilde was one of the first Russian dancers to challenge the visiting Italian, at the end of the nineteenth century. She danced Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" and the Sugar Plum Fairy in "Nutcracker." She was most famous as a demi-caractere dancer and her favorite role was "Esmeralda" in the ballet of the same name.
