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Lydia Lopokova, Baroness Keynes (born Lidiya Vasilyevna Lopukhova, Russian: Лидия Васильевна Лопухова; 21 October 1891 – 8 June 1981) [1] was a Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century. Lopokova trained at the Imperial Ballet School.
Lopokova, Lydia (c. 1892–1981) Well-known Russian-born ballerina who performed mainly in the U.S., Britain, and Western Europe and married the noted English economist John Maynard Keynes. Name variations: Lopukhova or Lopoukhova; Loppy; Lady Keynes.
Jun 30, 1981 · Lydia Lopokova, a leading ballerina of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and a popular figure on the English social and ballet scenes, died June 8 in England. She was 88 years old.
Quick Reference. (b St Petersburg, 21 Oct. 1891; d Seaford, 8 Jun. 1981) Russian-British dancer, sister of Andrei and Fyodor Lopukhov. She studied at the Imperial Theatre School with Fokine, making her debut when still a child and graduating in 1909 into the Mariinsky Theatre.
Lydia Lopokova (Lady Keynes) Sitter in 22 portraits. Russian ballerina Lopokova joined the Ballets Russes in 1910 but it was not until 1918 that she was first seen in London when she appeared as a principal dancer alongside Massine at the Coliseum.
Jun 23, 2022 · Richard Shone gives a charming picture of the ballerina Lydia Lopokova in old age (LRB, 23 June). He also notes the tension that still existed between Lydia and her neighbours at Charleston decades after her marriage to Maynard Keynes, but says that for Duncan Grant at least, ‘Lydia was a delightful fact of life.’
Jul 17, 2021 · Yet when John Maynard Keynes went, night after night, to watch Lydia Lopokova perform with the Ballets Russes in London in 1921, they fell ecstatically in love. It was, Keynes wrote, “a...
This collection comprises materials related to the performances of Lydia Lopokova Keynes, pieces of her writing, correspondence, and other items that chronicle her life, including photographs, diaries, scrapbooks and reminiscences by others.
In 1925 Keynes married Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova. “I have your letter. It is so very nice. I kiss you much. You build up my existence.” (Lydia Lopokova) IN 1918 Keynes met Lydia at a party to celebrate the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev in London.
Aug 14, 2012 · Lydia and Maynard : letters between Lydia Lopokova and John Maynard Keynes by Lopokova, Lydia, 1892-1981; Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946; Hill, Polly, 1914-2005; Keynes, R. D
