Author: TWYSDEN, A.E.
Title: Alexandra Danilova
Description: London, C.W. Beaumont. 1945, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue boards which have fading to spine but barely any wear. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge and a little to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. a Good to Very Good copy. 175 pages. 47 illustrations. Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (1903-1997) was a Russian-born prima ballerina, who became an American citizen. In 1924, she and George Balanchine left Russia. They were soon picked up by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; Danilova as a dancer, Balanchine as a choreographer. Danilova toured for years with the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev, then with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo after Diaghilev's death. C3B. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Diaghilev, Ballet Russes, Balanchine


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