Group    From 1909  To 1929

Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

Categories: Dance

Countries: Russia

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Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

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Alhambra Theatre

Theatreland - heart of the performing arts in London. Alhambra Theatre On t...

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Picasso

Picasso worked here for 2 months in the studio of the Diaghilev's set-painter...

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Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.

Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 2023 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886-1948) and Mary Boothroyd née Butterfield (1901-1982).  In the 1939 England and...

Person, Dance, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall

A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The only remaining building from the Festival of Britain and the first post-war building to be protected with a Grade 1 Listing,...

Building, Dance, Music / songs

1 memorial
William H. Heath

William H. Heath

Mayor of Wandsworth 1936/37 and ballroom dancer. The cutting in our photograph is dated 24/8/1937, so we presume Mrs Heath was still around, and happy for him and Nellie Wood to go off together!

Person, Dance, Politics & Administration, Austria

1 memorial
Sophie Fedorovitch

Sophie Fedorovitch

Russian-born theatrical designer who worked with ballet choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton from his first choreographed ballet in 1926 until her accidental death in 1953. Fedorovitch designed for s...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Dance, Theatre, Tragedy, Russia

1 memorial
Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Born St. Petersburg, Russia (on 31 January according to the calendar in use at the time).  In 1909 she went to Paris with the Ballets Russes tour. Moved permanently to London in 1912 and lived at I...

Person, Dance, Seriously Famous, Netherlands, Russia

2 memorials

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St Dunstans, Stepney

St Dunstans, Stepney

Records of this church go back to AD 952. Until the 14th century it was the only church in east London. The existing 15th century building is the third on the site, though it was reclad in 1880s. T...

Building, Religion

3 memorials
Harry Dean

Harry Dean

For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
The Bird Family

The Bird Family

W6, Shepherds Bush Road, 190, Hammersmith Fire Station

2019: The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group tell us that this plaque was installed in 2002/3 before they had established th...

6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Dvr. J. V. Welbelove
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Piotr Ouspensky

Piotr Ouspensky

Philosopher. Born in Moscow. He became a pupil of George Gurdjieff who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a high...

Person, Literature, Philosophy, Russia

1 memorial