‘La Pérégrina: ballet de la reine’ from Act 3 scene ii of Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’, Paris Opéra, 1867: engraving from ‘L’illustration’ (16 March 1867)
‘La Pérégrina: ballet de la reine’ from Act 3 scene ii of Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’, Paris Opéra, 1867: engraving from ‘L’illustration’ (16 March 1867)
Snowflakes from Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 1892
Snowflakes from Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 1892
Vaclav Nizhinsky (right, also the choreographer) and the nymphs in Debussy’s ‘L’après-midi d’un faune’, designed by Léon Bakst: photograph from the ‘Illustrated London News’ (22 February 1913)
Vaclav Nizhinsky (right, also the choreographer) and the nymphs in Debussy’s ‘L’après-midi d’un faune’, designed by Léon Bakst: photograph from the ‘Illustrated London News’ (22 February 1913)
Scene from the first production of Glier’s ‘The Red Poppy’, Moscow, 1927, choreographed by Vasily Tikhomirov and Lev Lashchilin
Scene from the first production of Glier’s ‘The Red Poppy’, Moscow, 1927, choreographed by Vasily Tikhomirov and Lev Lashchilin