1800s ballet

Elsa-Marianne von Rosen b. 1924 Royal Swedish Ballet

Imperial Dancers costumed for Fairies Pas de Quatre of Petipa's 'Sleeping Beauty'- 1890. Anna Johansson (in the centre, seated) is the Diamond Fairy, Klavdia Kulichevskaya as Gold Fairy (left), Elizaveta Kruger as Silver Fairy (lying) and Maria Tistrova as Sapphire Fairy (right). In the Pas de Quatre written for the last act, Tchaikovsky composed for each of these fairies a variation, but Petipa used the Gold Fairy's variation for Aurora in act II. The variation for the Silver Fairy (in 5/8)…

Gerda Wegener, best known for her feminist and lesbian art in the 1920s and '30s, was also married to a trans woman, Lili Elbe.

Very fine used condition. ORIGINAL, not reprints, unless otherwise noted.

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Margot Fonteyn

Clara - Nutcracker Ballet

Marie Bonfanti (Feb. 16, 1845 – Jan. 25, 1921) was a 19th century ballet dancer, born in Milan, who went to America in 1866 as the prima ballerian assoluta

Brocante Brie, ballerina vintage label