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Kshesinskaia, Matilda (1872–1971)One of the foremost classical Russian ballerinas between 1890 and 1917. Name variations: at least nine different transliterations from the Russian, the most common being Mathilde or Matilde Kchessinska, Kcshessinskaya, Kschessinska, Kshesinskaia, Kshesinskaya, Kshessinskaya, Kshessinskaia; Princess Romanovsky-Krassinsky (after 1935).
Mathilde Kschessinska. Self: Nicholas & Alexandra: The Letters. She performed in the ballet, "Swan Lake," in the Diaghliev's Balelts Russes production at he Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Vaslav Nijinsky in the cast.
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97 ratings11 reviews. Mathilde Kschessinska, Prima ballerina of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre, tells her life story in these moving and dramatic memoirs. Born in Imperial Russia in 1872, Kschessinska came from a family of dancers and was trained in ballet. Noted as a great talent from youth, Kschessinska's destiny was shaped by her debut ...
Mathilde Kschessinska, Kschessinska also spelled Kshessinska, Russian in full Mathilda-Maria Feliksovna Kshesinskaya (born August 19 [August 31, New Style], 1872, Ligovo, near Peterhof, Russia—died December 7, 1971, Paris, France), prima ballerina assoluta of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the first Russian dancer to master 32 consecutive fouettés en tournant (“whipped turns” done in ...
Mathilde Kchessinska. Mathilde Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya (31 August [ O.S. 19 August] 1872–6 December 1971 (also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya from 1921) was a Russian ballerina from a family of Polish origin. She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya. [1]
