Karsavina
Americannoun
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“People associate Karsavina with the Ballets Russes, but she also had her own group of dancers, which performed regularly at the Coliseum,” Ms. Pritchard said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
That motto was prescribed by Diaghilev’s great ballerina Tamara Karsavina.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
Tamara Karsavina, Diaghilev’s Giselle and a famously intelligent ballerina, once said, “Leave the stage before the stage leaves you.”
From New York Times ● May 28, 2015
The following evening, in the more elegant climate of Swan Lake, they were equally convincing, and had critics groping for comparisons with such a legendary dancing pair as Nijinsky and Karsavina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, after they had strolled through the entire garden, they again met, Sina Karsavina being now one of the party, looking charmingly graceful in her light summer dress.
From Sanine by Pinkerton, Percy
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