Ballerina. Born in St Petersburg, Russia. Leading ballerina with Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922, often paired with Nijinsky. Married British diplomat Henry Bruce in 1917 and moved to London.
A Guardian report on the purchase of a portrait gives "Karsavina went on to help establish the Royal Ballet in London and to privately coach prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, as well as designing the syllabuses for the RAD {Royal Academy of Dance} in 1954."
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Tamara Karsavina
Dancer. Born in St Petersburg, Russia. He joined the ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in 1888 and later became balletmaster. His pupils included Anna Pavlova, and Vaslav Nijinsky. He left Ru...
Britain's oldest dance company. Founded by Dame Marie Rambert initially as Rambert Dancers, and then, at the Mercury Theatre, in 1931, as the Ballet Club and then, until the 1980s, as Ballet Ramber...
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,...
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived for a time in Shanghai. Her stage name was based on "Fontes" the name of her mother's paternal family, wealthy Brazilia...
Born Moscow. Ballet dancer and choreographer. Principle choreographer of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. Appeared in films The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1952). Died in Cologne.
One of the wardens of Aske's Hospital in 1828. We have found two possible appearances on the web (and are convinced enough that they refer to our man that we've taken his dates): A Family History ...
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but his brother Arthur predeceased him and their father, aged 15, but not before marrying Catherine of Aragon, who later in ...
Footballer. Born Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore in Upney Hospital, Barking, Essex. Played for West Ham 1958-74. He had already played for the England youth and under-twenty-threes teams before bein...
Charles William Train. Born 58 Chatterton Road, Finsbury Park. Served in the London Regiment. On 8 December 1917 at Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem, in Ottoman controlled Palestine, when his company was...
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