Russes Collection (page 5)

Woman in violet satin dress with purple sash, 1913
Woman in violet satin dress with purple sash ornamented with large velvet flowers. She swings an incense thurible. Robe de satin violet a ceinture pourpre et ornee d un grand ruban broche de fleurs

Woman in dress of printed linen playing diabolo, 1913
Woman in dress of printed linen playing a game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo. Robe de linon imprime. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in linen dress with double tunic in embroidered tulle, little casaque jacket lined with satin. Robe de linon a double tunique de tulle brode, petite casaque a revers de satin

Woman in afternoon outfit leaning on a column, 1913
Woman in afternoon outfit of long skirt with floral border, floral jacket with lace trim, leaning on a column. Toilette d apres-midi

Woman in swimming costume in the sea with crab, 1913
Woman in swimming costume up to her ankles in the sea on a beach holding a crab. Costume de bain. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

French soprano Mlle Virginie Dejazet as Mimi in the one-act vaudeville Grisettes by Scribe and Dupin at the Gymnase-Dramatique, 1823

Woman in a train in pelerinex jacket and taffeta dress, 1913
Woman in a train carriage in old-blue travel cape and black taffeta dress, with exotic bird in a cage. Manteau de voyage a pelerine, bleu ancien, robe de taffetas noire

Woman in walking dress - chequerboard surah - hand-painted
Woman in walking dress in chequerboard surah and hand-painted taffeta with a black velvet border, straw hat with swan plume

Russian ballet, The Cat by Saugue, Felix de Gray
Impression by Felix de Gray of a scene from the Russian ballets performance of The Cat by Saugues, performed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the summer of 1929. Date: 1929

Russian ballet, Stravinsky Apollo Musagetes, Felix de Gray
Illustration by Felix de Gray depicting the new Russian Ballet at the Royal Opera House in 1929. Scenes shows the Diaghileff production of Apollo Musagetes by Stravinsky. Date: 1929

The roller coaster at Belleville, 1812
The roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace

Masquerade party on the rollercoaster at the Salle de l Odeon, 1815. Fashionable society at a masked ball in the pleasure gardens, and women wearing the Swiss Bernese style

Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule, Paris
Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule (Place de Ternes, Paris). Fashionable women in bonnets and shawls riding cars down the rollercoaster

Mlle Gheltzer, the star dancer of the Russian season in Paris 1910

MONTAGNES RUSSES 1799
The first slide of its kind in Paris Date: 1799

Vaslav Nijinsky - Blue God
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer in a Bakst costume for the Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu Date: 1890 - 1950

Ida Rubinstein as Cleopatra
The Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra, at the time she was performing at the Coliseum in London. Date: 1909

Vaslav Nijinsky. Le Pavillon d Armide
Ballets Russes. The dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, with choreography by Mikhail Fokin and music by Nikolai Tcherepine (1911)

Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara Karsavina
Ballets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere

Ballet Les Sylphides, performed by the Diaghilevs Ballets Russes after the choreography by Mikhail Fokin. Watercolour by Ernst Oppler (1925). Watercolour

Anna Pavlova and. Vaslav Nijinsky
Ballets Russes. Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky (1909)

Alice Nikitina & Serge Lifar in 1930 Revue
Ballet dancers Nikitina and Lifar performing in Charles Cochrans 1930 Revue. Seen here in The Freaks for which Lord Berners wrote teh music. 1930

Le Train Bleu by the Russian Ballet drawn by Hookway Cowles
Scene on stage at the London Coliseum showing the Russian Ballet performing Le Train Bleu, a dance comedy inspired by the vogue for the French Riviera and its associated pastimes and entertainments

Lydia Sokolova, ballet dancer (1896-1974) who, despite her exotic, Russian-sounding name was born Hilda Tansley Munnings in Wanstead, East London

Demidoff & Tamara / Ballet
Demidoff & Tamara Gamsakourdia, from a drawing by Cappiello Date: 1919

Seraphine Astafieva (1876-1934) Russian ballet dancer and teacher who performed with Diaghilevs Ballet Russes between 1909 and 1911

Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer
Michel Fokine (Mikhail Fokin, 1880-1942), Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. He staged more than 70 ballets in Europe and the USA, most famously with the Ballets Russes. Date: 1914

Lubov Tschernicheva by Madame Yevonde
Lubov Tschernicheva (1890-1976) by Madame Yevonde. She was a Russian ballerina, a member of Diaghilevs Ballets Russes. Seen here as one of the Maids of Honour in Las Meninas

Roshanara (Olive Craddock), Indian dancer
Mlle Roshanara (real name Olive Craddock, 1894-1926), Indian dancer in a graceful pose, with snake-like arms. She learned to dance as a child in India

Vera Fokina, Russian ballet dancer
Vera Fokina (nee Antonova, 1886-1958), Russian ballet dancer, wife of Mikhail Fokine. In 1914 she was dancing in a Russian season at Drury Lane, London. Date: July 1914

Russian Season in Paris: Cleopatra
The Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra in the Paris season of 1909; she was part of the Ballet Russes company, founded by Sergei Diaghilev

Decor, Helene De Sparte
HELENE DE SPARTE part of the decor by Bakst

Salome / Ballet Russes
TRAGEDIE DE SALOME Costume design for Salome from a painting by Soudeikine

Le Dieu Bleu / Stage
LE DIEU BLEU Mystical stage design by Leon Bakst

Narisse / Bakst
NARCISSE Costume design of Divinite Inferieure

Ballet Russes / Salome
SALOME Costume design for Salome (Kouznetzov)

L APRES MIDI D UN FAUNE Costume design by Bakst in the Classical Greeek style, of a lady carrying an amphora

Ballet Russes / Costume
PETROUSHKA Costume design by Leon Bakst

Sheherazade Costumes
SHEHERAZADE Elaborate Persian style costume designs by Bakst

Nijinsky, by Orazi
The star of stars of Les Ballets Russes

Montagnes Russes 1818
Slide at the Barriere de la Roule, Paris

Ballet Russes / Midnight
MIDNIGHT SUN Costume Design by M. Larionow

Ballet Russes / Helene
HELENE DE SPARTE Madame Ida Rubinstein in the role of Helene

Scenery for 100 Kisses
A HUNDRED KISSES/ LES CENTS BAISERS Scenery design showing the Prince and Princess dancing outside the castle

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