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Sutton, Tina.
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Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929.
Ballets russes -- Biography.
Ballet dancers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballerinas -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballet -- History -- 20th century.
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Sutton, Tina.
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929.
Ballets russes -- Biography.
Ballet dancers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballerinas -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballet -- History -- 20th century.
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The making of
Markova
:
Diaghilev
's
baby
ballerina
to
groundbreaking
icon
/ Tina Sutton.
by
Sutton, Tina.
Pegasus Books, 2013.
Call #:
792.8028 M346s
Subjects
Markova
, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
Diaghilev
, Serge, 1872-1929.
Ballets russes -- Biography.
Ballet dancers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballerinas -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ballet -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781605984568 (hc.)
1605984566 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Markova
:
Diaghilev
's
baby
ballerina
to
groundbreaking
icon
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xviii, 670 pages, [32] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl -- so shy she barely spoke a word until age six and so sickly she needed to be homeschooled -- is diagnosed with flat feet, knock knees and weak legs. In short order, Lilian Alicia Marks would become a dance prodigy, the cherished
baby
ballerina
of Sergei
Diaghilev
, and the youngest ever soloist at his famed Ballets Russes. It was there that George Balanchine choreographed his first ballet for her, Henri Matisse designed her costumes, and Igor Stravinsky taught her music -- all when the re-christened Alicia
Markova
was just 14. But the timid British dancer would be forced to overcome poverty, jealousy, anti-Semitism, and prejudices against her unconventional looks to become the greatest classical
ballerina
of her generation -- and one of the most celebrated, self-reliant, and adventurous. A true ambassador of ballet,
Markova
co-founded touring companies, traveled to the far corners of the world, and was the first
ballerina
to appear on television. A full picture of the dancer'
s
astonishing life and times in 1920s Paris and Monte Carlo, 1930s London, and wartime in New York and Hollywood.
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Biographies.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Biography
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