Nini Theilade
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Nini Arlette Theilade was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Theilade in 1934
Léonide Massine
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Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, commonly known as Léonide Massine, was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, Les Présages, and many others in the sa
Nini Theilade
…Midsummer Night's Dream in 1935. From 1938 to 1940, she played many leading roles in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo which were choreographed for her by Léonide Massine. They included Venus in Bacchanale and Poverty in Nobilissima Visione, with costumes by Salvador Dalí. She performed as a guest at New York's Metropolitan…
Portrait by Léon Bakst, 1914