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Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska (Polish: Matylda Maria Krzesińska; Russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1872 – 6 December 1971; also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya after her marriage) was a Polish–Russian ballerina from the noble Krzesiński family.
Mathilde Kschessinska was the prima ballerina assoluta of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the first Russian dancer to master 32 consecutive fouettés en tournant (“whipped turns” done in place and on one leg), a feat previously performed only by Italian dancers and considered in that era the supreme.
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Nicholas II’s first passion, ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, remains the subject of much debate: Did she have a child with the emperor as some people claim? Probably not. A single meeting started...
Dec 6, 2014 · This video contains two pieces of footage of famed Mariinsky ballerina Mathilde Kschessinskaya (1872-1971). The first shows Kschessinskaya greeting guests and firmly directing proceedings at...
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Mathilde Kschessinska Biography. Notable: 1872 – 1971; Mariinsky Ballet. Mathilde Kschessinska (Kschessinskaya) was born in Ligova, Russia, in 1872. She studied at the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet School with Ivanov, Johansson and Cecchetti. Graduated into the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890.
Learn about the life and career of Matilda Kshesinskaia, one of the foremost classical Russian ballerinas between 1890 and 1917. She was also the mistress of the future tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and survived the Bolshevik revolution.
Oct 25, 2017 · Our story begins in 1890, when the young Nicholas Romanov first gazed upon the 18-year-old Mathilde Kschessinska during a ballet performance and immediately fell for her.
