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Tamara Karsavina - Practising At Home And In Class
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina practising at home, and then in class in 1924.
In class, Karsavina is seen first at the bar, and then in centre work practising battements and jetées.
Enjoy!
published: 26 May 2015
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Tamara Karsavina 'The Torch Dance' (1909)
published: 02 Nov 2012
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Tamara Karsavina - Interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird', 1910)
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird'), the ballet in which she created the title role in 1910.
The music was the first commissioned for a ballet for the Ballets Russes, with the original composer, Anatoly Lyadov (1855--1914), being replaced by a young Igor Stravinsky.
The choreography was set by Mikhail Fokine, with sets by Alexander Golovine and costumes by Léon Bakst.
The mise-en-scène was a collaboration between Fokine and Alexandre Benois drawing on several Russian fairy tales involving a Firebird, a magical glowing creature that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor, and the evil magician Kashchei. This particular mise-en-scène was possibly inspired by Yakov Polonsky's 'A W...
published: 10 Sep 2013
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Nijinsky - Jeux - part 2 (Tamara Karsavina)
Un mouvement de Tamara Karsavina dans la chorégraphie de Nijinsky JEUX
Musique Debussy
Digital reconstructions by Christian Comte
http://thespiritoftheballetsrusses.blogspot.fr/2013_11_01_archive.html
published: 05 Dec 2011
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Tamara Karsavina Talks of Performing in 'Les Sylphides' with Pavlova and Nijinsky
Tamara Karsavina, the great Ballets Russes Prima Ballerina, talks to camera about dancing at the Paris premier of 'Les Sylphides' on 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du Châtelet. She appeared with Anna Pavlova, Alexandra Baldina and Vaslav Nijinsky in this plotless ballet, a 'romantic reverie'.
'Les Sylphides' was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to piano music of Chopin, orchestrated for the ballet by the Russian composer Alexander Glazunov.
First presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1907 as 'Rêverie Romantique: Ballet sur la musique de Chopin', the work became known as 'Chopiniana' and then as 'Les Sylphides', for the Ballets Russes Paris season of 1909 and at the suggestion of the set designer, Alexander Benois.
Mme Karsavina continues, discussing the choreography and the gr...
published: 31 Aug 2013
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Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff - PDD from 'Sylvia' (1925)
This is film of Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff performing a pas de deux from 'Sylvia'. The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov.
It comes from the German naturist documentary 'Wege zu Kraft und Schonheit' (1925), variously known as 'Ways to Strength and Beauty' and 'Path to the Power and Beauty'.
The film was directed by Wilhelm Prager, with Nicholas Kaufman as the screenwriter.
The aim of the piece was to contrast the hopeless of life in the cities in the 1920s with an idealised existence of the countryside.
As well as various forms of physical exercise, there are examples of ballet and dance from various parts of the world.
Happily the makers this naturist documentary decided to include a ballet sequence which has given us what is rare footage of the dancing of this great ...
published: 01 Sep 2013
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Tamara Karsavina On Dancing in 'Giselle' with Vaslav Nijinsky in 1910
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role in 'Giselle' in the Ballets Russes' Paris season of 1910. Her partner was Vaslav Nijinsky.
Dolin also spoke with other legendary Giselles, such as Alicia Alonso, Yvette Charivé, Carla Fracci, Tamara Karsavina Natalia Makarova, Dame Alicia Markova, Olga Spessivtzeva and Galina Ulanova, with these interviews all being gathered up into the 1982 Academy Award winning documentary 'A Portrait of Giselle'.
The other unique extended interview was with Olga Spessivtzeva, uploaded on this channel as 'Olga Spessivtzeva - In Conversation With Anton Dolin'.
I must say apart from everything else I love the sound of Tamara Karsavina's voice -- t...
published: 10 Sep 2013
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The Stars As They Are - Madame Karsavina (1921)
Madame Karsavina, Russian ballet dancer is seen at home and in her garden in England.
She is seen choosing fabric for her costumes and dancing. "Exercises for suppleness are absolutely essential" We see Karsavina in her garden performing very stylised movements - they are almost like Tai Chi. A cat lies beside her as she stretches. "- and for a quaint but quiet hobby Madame delights in furnishing her doll's house." Nice C/U of Madame Karsavina sitting in the garden playing with her doll's house. Film ends with the dancer and leaving home for the theatre. "But the Coliseum is calling - so "Goodbye" The maid passes her handbag, Madame nods in thanks and leaves the house.
Was item in Eve's Film Review issue 9.
Safety print only.
FILM ID:750.11
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPL...
published: 27 Aug 2014
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Tamara Karsavina At Home
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina at home:
[1] In the garden, furnishing and arranging the interior of a doll’s house
[2] In the garden, selecting material for costumes
[3] Indoors, reading a letter
[4] Leaving the house to perform at the Coliseum Theatre in London, nodding thanks to a maid for handing her her handbag.
Enjoy!
published: 27 May 2015
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Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert - Radio Talk (1959)
Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert talk on radio about their time in the Ballets Russes and early Ballet Rambert. The year is 1959.
The conversation is quite obviously scripted but it contains their thoughts about their experiences with the compamy
This audio was very kindly given to me by Andrew Foster.
published: 11 May 2021
2:40
Tamara Karsavina - Practising At Home And In Class
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina practising at home, and then in class in 1924.
In class, Karsavina is seen...
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina practising at home, and then in class in 1924.
In class, Karsavina is seen first at the bar, and then in centre work practising battements and jetées.
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_Practising_At_Home_And_In_Class
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina practising at home, and then in class in 1924.
In class, Karsavina is seen first at the bar, and then in centre work practising battements and jetées.
Enjoy!
- published: 26 May 2015
- views: 34206
1:24
Tamara Karsavina - Interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird', 1910)
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird'), the ballet in which...
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird'), the ballet in which she created the title role in 1910.
The music was the first commissioned for a ballet for the Ballets Russes, with the original composer, Anatoly Lyadov (1855--1914), being replaced by a young Igor Stravinsky.
The choreography was set by Mikhail Fokine, with sets by Alexander Golovine and costumes by Léon Bakst.
The mise-en-scène was a collaboration between Fokine and Alexandre Benois drawing on several Russian fairy tales involving a Firebird, a magical glowing creature that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor, and the evil magician Kashchei. This particular mise-en-scène was possibly inspired by Yakov Polonsky's 'A Winter's Journey', which includes the lines:
And in my dreams I see myself on a wolf's back
Riding along a forest path
To do battle with a sorcerer-tsar [i.e. Kaschei]
In that land where a princess sits under lock and key,
Pining behind massive walls.
There gardens surround a palace all of glass;
There Firebirds sing by night
And peck at golden fruit.
The ballet marked the beginning of a collaboration between Serge de Diaghilev and Stravinsky that would result in 'Petrushka' and 'The Rite of Spring'.
In this interview, Madame Karsavina says she loved the sound of Stravinsky's music but found it very difficult. The reason she gives is she 'never counted the bars' because it 'deflected my attention'.
The ballerina goes on to say Stravinsky was 'really kind' as he would come before a rehearsal and play the piano for her and 'explain me all these different parts' which 'was a great help for me'.
I love the sound of the legendary ballerina's voice -- the deep resonant timbre and the beautiful and particular accents of rhythm and intonation.
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_Interviewed_About_'L'Oiseau_De_Feu'_('The_Firebird',_1910)
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed about 'L'Oiseau de Feu' ('The Firebird'), the ballet in which she created the title role in 1910.
The music was the first commissioned for a ballet for the Ballets Russes, with the original composer, Anatoly Lyadov (1855--1914), being replaced by a young Igor Stravinsky.
The choreography was set by Mikhail Fokine, with sets by Alexander Golovine and costumes by Léon Bakst.
The mise-en-scène was a collaboration between Fokine and Alexandre Benois drawing on several Russian fairy tales involving a Firebird, a magical glowing creature that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor, and the evil magician Kashchei. This particular mise-en-scène was possibly inspired by Yakov Polonsky's 'A Winter's Journey', which includes the lines:
And in my dreams I see myself on a wolf's back
Riding along a forest path
To do battle with a sorcerer-tsar [i.e. Kaschei]
In that land where a princess sits under lock and key,
Pining behind massive walls.
There gardens surround a palace all of glass;
There Firebirds sing by night
And peck at golden fruit.
The ballet marked the beginning of a collaboration between Serge de Diaghilev and Stravinsky that would result in 'Petrushka' and 'The Rite of Spring'.
In this interview, Madame Karsavina says she loved the sound of Stravinsky's music but found it very difficult. The reason she gives is she 'never counted the bars' because it 'deflected my attention'.
The ballerina goes on to say Stravinsky was 'really kind' as he would come before a rehearsal and play the piano for her and 'explain me all these different parts' which 'was a great help for me'.
I love the sound of the legendary ballerina's voice -- the deep resonant timbre and the beautiful and particular accents of rhythm and intonation.
Enjoy!
- published: 10 Sep 2013
- views: 4342
0:13
Nijinsky - Jeux - part 2 (Tamara Karsavina)
Un mouvement de Tamara Karsavina dans la chorégraphie de Nijinsky JEUX
Musique Debussy
Digital reconstructions by Christian Comte
http://thespiritoftheballetsru...
Un mouvement de Tamara Karsavina dans la chorégraphie de Nijinsky JEUX
Musique Debussy
Digital reconstructions by Christian Comte
http://thespiritoftheballetsrusses.blogspot.fr/2013_11_01_archive.html
https://wn.com/Nijinsky_Jeux_Part_2_(Tamara_Karsavina)
Un mouvement de Tamara Karsavina dans la chorégraphie de Nijinsky JEUX
Musique Debussy
Digital reconstructions by Christian Comte
http://thespiritoftheballetsrusses.blogspot.fr/2013_11_01_archive.html
- published: 05 Dec 2011
- views: 10752
6:02
Tamara Karsavina Talks of Performing in 'Les Sylphides' with Pavlova and Nijinsky
Tamara Karsavina, the great Ballets Russes Prima Ballerina, talks to camera about dancing at the Paris premier of 'Les Sylphides' on 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du C...
Tamara Karsavina, the great Ballets Russes Prima Ballerina, talks to camera about dancing at the Paris premier of 'Les Sylphides' on 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du Châtelet. She appeared with Anna Pavlova, Alexandra Baldina and Vaslav Nijinsky in this plotless ballet, a 'romantic reverie'.
'Les Sylphides' was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to piano music of Chopin, orchestrated for the ballet by the Russian composer Alexander Glazunov.
First presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1907 as 'Rêverie Romantique: Ballet sur la musique de Chopin', the work became known as 'Chopiniana' and then as 'Les Sylphides', for the Ballets Russes Paris season of 1909 and at the suggestion of the set designer, Alexander Benois.
Mme Karsavina continues, discussing the choreography and the groupings, and the role of the corps de ballet as the basis of the ballet. And, in this context, she talks about and demonstrates the expression of the porte de bras - 'the arms should move softly' and 'suggest unearthly ethereal beings'.
Though we have no film of Tamara Karsavina performing in this ballet, at least here (with some imagination) we have snippets of how her upper body movement might have appeared to audiences at the legendary premier of this work at the Mariinsky Theatre and at the performances Ballets Russes.
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_Talks_Of_Performing_In_'Les_Sylphides'_With_Pavlova_And_Nijinsky
Tamara Karsavina, the great Ballets Russes Prima Ballerina, talks to camera about dancing at the Paris premier of 'Les Sylphides' on 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du Châtelet. She appeared with Anna Pavlova, Alexandra Baldina and Vaslav Nijinsky in this plotless ballet, a 'romantic reverie'.
'Les Sylphides' was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to piano music of Chopin, orchestrated for the ballet by the Russian composer Alexander Glazunov.
First presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1907 as 'Rêverie Romantique: Ballet sur la musique de Chopin', the work became known as 'Chopiniana' and then as 'Les Sylphides', for the Ballets Russes Paris season of 1909 and at the suggestion of the set designer, Alexander Benois.
Mme Karsavina continues, discussing the choreography and the groupings, and the role of the corps de ballet as the basis of the ballet. And, in this context, she talks about and demonstrates the expression of the porte de bras - 'the arms should move softly' and 'suggest unearthly ethereal beings'.
Though we have no film of Tamara Karsavina performing in this ballet, at least here (with some imagination) we have snippets of how her upper body movement might have appeared to audiences at the legendary premier of this work at the Mariinsky Theatre and at the performances Ballets Russes.
Enjoy!
- published: 31 Aug 2013
- views: 31211
2:34
Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff - PDD from 'Sylvia' (1925)
This is film of Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff performing a pas de deux from 'Sylvia'. The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov.
It comes from the Ger...
This is film of Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff performing a pas de deux from 'Sylvia'. The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov.
It comes from the German naturist documentary 'Wege zu Kraft und Schonheit' (1925), variously known as 'Ways to Strength and Beauty' and 'Path to the Power and Beauty'.
The film was directed by Wilhelm Prager, with Nicholas Kaufman as the screenwriter.
The aim of the piece was to contrast the hopeless of life in the cities in the 1920s with an idealised existence of the countryside.
As well as various forms of physical exercise, there are examples of ballet and dance from various parts of the world.
Happily the makers this naturist documentary decided to include a ballet sequence which has given us what is rare footage of the dancing of this great Ballets Russes ballerina, Tamara Karsavina.
Serge de Diaghilev had forbidden any filming of his company with the result that many wonderful dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky, were never recording for posterity.
I have added some music from 'Sylvia' to the silent film but it not right and is only added to give the atmosphere of the ballet.
Chesterz2 kindly tells in a comment here that:
"The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov, Karsavina's partner at the Maryinsky. They first performed it together there in 1916. Karsavina included this pas de deux in most of her private tours throughout the 1920's, with a variety of partners."
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_And_Peter_Vladimiroff_Pdd_From_'Sylvia'_(1925)
This is film of Tamara Karsavina and Peter Vladimiroff performing a pas de deux from 'Sylvia'. The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov.
It comes from the German naturist documentary 'Wege zu Kraft und Schonheit' (1925), variously known as 'Ways to Strength and Beauty' and 'Path to the Power and Beauty'.
The film was directed by Wilhelm Prager, with Nicholas Kaufman as the screenwriter.
The aim of the piece was to contrast the hopeless of life in the cities in the 1920s with an idealised existence of the countryside.
As well as various forms of physical exercise, there are examples of ballet and dance from various parts of the world.
Happily the makers this naturist documentary decided to include a ballet sequence which has given us what is rare footage of the dancing of this great Ballets Russes ballerina, Tamara Karsavina.
Serge de Diaghilev had forbidden any filming of his company with the result that many wonderful dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky, were never recording for posterity.
I have added some music from 'Sylvia' to the silent film but it not right and is only added to give the atmosphere of the ballet.
Chesterz2 kindly tells in a comment here that:
"The choreography is by Samuil Andrianov, Karsavina's partner at the Maryinsky. They first performed it together there in 1916. Karsavina included this pas de deux in most of her private tours throughout the 1920's, with a variety of partners."
Enjoy!
- published: 01 Sep 2013
- views: 34065
4:29
Tamara Karsavina On Dancing in 'Giselle' with Vaslav Nijinsky in 1910
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role i...
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role in 'Giselle' in the Ballets Russes' Paris season of 1910. Her partner was Vaslav Nijinsky.
Dolin also spoke with other legendary Giselles, such as Alicia Alonso, Yvette Charivé, Carla Fracci, Tamara Karsavina Natalia Makarova, Dame Alicia Markova, Olga Spessivtzeva and Galina Ulanova, with these interviews all being gathered up into the 1982 Academy Award winning documentary 'A Portrait of Giselle'.
The other unique extended interview was with Olga Spessivtzeva, uploaded on this channel as 'Olga Spessivtzeva - In Conversation With Anton Dolin'.
I must say apart from everything else I love the sound of Tamara Karsavina's voice -- the deep resonant timbre and the beautiful and particular accents of rhythm and intonation.
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_On_Dancing_In_'Giselle'_With_Vaslav_Nijinsky_In_1910
Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the legendary prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, was interviewed by Sir Anton Dolin around 1976 about dancing the title role in 'Giselle' in the Ballets Russes' Paris season of 1910. Her partner was Vaslav Nijinsky.
Dolin also spoke with other legendary Giselles, such as Alicia Alonso, Yvette Charivé, Carla Fracci, Tamara Karsavina Natalia Makarova, Dame Alicia Markova, Olga Spessivtzeva and Galina Ulanova, with these interviews all being gathered up into the 1982 Academy Award winning documentary 'A Portrait of Giselle'.
The other unique extended interview was with Olga Spessivtzeva, uploaded on this channel as 'Olga Spessivtzeva - In Conversation With Anton Dolin'.
I must say apart from everything else I love the sound of Tamara Karsavina's voice -- the deep resonant timbre and the beautiful and particular accents of rhythm and intonation.
Enjoy!
- published: 10 Sep 2013
- views: 50883
2:14
The Stars As They Are - Madame Karsavina (1921)
Madame Karsavina, Russian ballet dancer is seen at home and in her garden in England.
She is seen choosing fabric for her costumes and dancing. "Exercises f...
Madame Karsavina, Russian ballet dancer is seen at home and in her garden in England.
She is seen choosing fabric for her costumes and dancing. "Exercises for suppleness are absolutely essential" We see Karsavina in her garden performing very stylised movements - they are almost like Tai Chi. A cat lies beside her as she stretches. "- and for a quaint but quiet hobby Madame delights in furnishing her doll's house." Nice C/U of Madame Karsavina sitting in the garden playing with her doll's house. Film ends with the dancer and leaving home for the theatre. "But the Coliseum is calling - so "Goodbye" The maid passes her handbag, Madame nods in thanks and leaves the house.
Was item in Eve's Film Review issue 9.
Safety print only.
FILM ID:750.11
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
https://wn.com/The_Stars_As_They_Are_Madame_Karsavina_(1921)
Madame Karsavina, Russian ballet dancer is seen at home and in her garden in England.
She is seen choosing fabric for her costumes and dancing. "Exercises for suppleness are absolutely essential" We see Karsavina in her garden performing very stylised movements - they are almost like Tai Chi. A cat lies beside her as she stretches. "- and for a quaint but quiet hobby Madame delights in furnishing her doll's house." Nice C/U of Madame Karsavina sitting in the garden playing with her doll's house. Film ends with the dancer and leaving home for the theatre. "But the Coliseum is calling - so "Goodbye" The maid passes her handbag, Madame nods in thanks and leaves the house.
Was item in Eve's Film Review issue 9.
Safety print only.
FILM ID:750.11
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 27 Aug 2014
- views: 1678
1:36
Tamara Karsavina At Home
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina at home:
[1] In the garden, furnishing and arranging the interior of a d...
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina at home:
[1] In the garden, furnishing and arranging the interior of a doll’s house
[2] In the garden, selecting material for costumes
[3] Indoors, reading a letter
[4] Leaving the house to perform at the Coliseum Theatre in London, nodding thanks to a maid for handing her her handbag.
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_At_Home
This is footage of legendary Diaghilev Era Ballets Russes ballerina Tamara Karsavina at home:
[1] In the garden, furnishing and arranging the interior of a doll’s house
[2] In the garden, selecting material for costumes
[3] Indoors, reading a letter
[4] Leaving the house to perform at the Coliseum Theatre in London, nodding thanks to a maid for handing her her handbag.
Enjoy!
- published: 27 May 2015
- views: 10367
14:44
Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert - Radio Talk (1959)
Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert talk on radio about their time in the Ballets Russes and early Ballet Rambert. The year is 1959.
The conversation is quite ...
Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert talk on radio about their time in the Ballets Russes and early Ballet Rambert. The year is 1959.
The conversation is quite obviously scripted but it contains their thoughts about their experiences with the compamy
This audio was very kindly given to me by Andrew Foster.
https://wn.com/Tamara_Karsavina_And_Marie_Rambert_Radio_Talk_(1959)
Tamara Karsavina and Marie Rambert talk on radio about their time in the Ballets Russes and early Ballet Rambert. The year is 1959.
The conversation is quite obviously scripted but it contains their thoughts about their experiences with the compamy
This audio was very kindly given to me by Andrew Foster.
- published: 11 May 2021
- views: 1912