Days Gone By

Jul 5 2012
4:34 am

Pavel Gerdt in Le Poisson d’or, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1867.

Posted 11 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #ballerina #ballet #dancer #pavel gerdt #st. petersburg #russia

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Jul 4 2012
5:22 am

Vasily Tikhomirov in “The Pharoah’s Daughter”, circa 1900.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #ballerina #ballet #dancer #russia #the pharoah's daughter #vasily tikhomorov

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Jul 3 2012
9:16 am

Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova, 1940s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1940s #ballet #ballerina #dancer #vintage #portrait #marina semyonova

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Jul 2 2012
4:54 pm

Ekaterina Geltzer and Vasily Tikhomirov in “The Little Scarlet Flower”, Moscow, 1911.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #vintage #portrait #ballet #ballerina #dancing #dancer #moscow #russia

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Jul 1 2012
10:20 pm

Publicity shot of the original cast of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, St Petersburg, Russia, 1890.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #ballet #ballerinas #ballerina #st. petersburg #russia #the sleeping beauty #tchaikovsky

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Jul 1 2012
12:59 pm

Carl Van Vechten, Alexandra Danilova as Fanny Cerrito in “Pas de Quatre,” 23 September 1948.

Posted 11 months ago
#1940s #carl van vechten #vintage #portrait #ballerina #ballet #alexandra danilova

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Jul 1 2012
12:20 pm

G. Soloviov, Yekaterina Maksimova (R) as Kitri and Vladimir Vasilyev as Basilio in a scene from Ludwig Minkus’ ballet Don Quixote staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, 1 January 1971.

Source: RIA Novosti archive

Posted 11 months ago
#1970s #vintage #ballet #ballerina #ballerinas #dancing #dancer #russia #USSR #g. soloviov

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Jul 1 2012
12:36 am

Natalia Bessmertnova, 1 February 1968.

Posted 11 months ago
#1960s #vintage #portrait #natalia bessmertnova #ballerina #ballet #russia

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Jun 30 2012
4:57 pm

Elizaveta Gerdt, Elsa Vill, and Pierre Vladimirov in the “Paquita” Pas de Trois, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1905.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #history #ballet #ballerina #paquita #st. petersburg #russia #dancer #dancing

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Jun 30 2012
9:08 am

Left to right: Stanislava Belinskaya as Clara, Lydia Rubtsova as Marianna and Vassily Stukolkin as Fritz, in the original production of The Nutcracker. Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1892.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #st. petersburg #russia #the nutcracker #christmas #ballet #ballerina #ballerinas #dancer

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