Subject

Princess Seraphine Astafieva

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Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Princess Seraphine Astafieva

Person   Born 1876 Died 1934

Categories: Dance

Countries: Russia

Ballerina. Danced for Diaghilev, and opened a ballet school in 1916 in London. The title of ‘Princess’ may be spurious. In the picture the Princess is on the right. Alicia Markova is the dancer on the floor.

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Princess Seraphine Astafieva

It was here that she taught, amongst others, Marie Rambert, Margot Fonteyn, ...

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