Research Catalog

Title

[Alexandra Danilova as the street dancer in Le beau Danube] [graphic].

Publication

[1938 or later]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Iacovleff, Alexandre, 1887-1938.

Found In

Alexandra Danilova collection.

Description

1 photomechanical print : b&w; 35 x 27 cm., plate mark 27 x 19 cm.

Summary

Half-length portrait of ballerina Alexandra Danilova costumed as the street dancer in Leonide Massine's ballet Le beau Danube. Her face is turned towards the viewer, eyes downcast; her upper body is seen at a three-quarter angle towards the left. Her left hand rests on her hip; her right hand, raised to her cheek, holds up a fold of her frilly skirt. This print is a reproduction of a drawing in sanguine by Alexandre Iacovleff, whose signature, "A. Iacovleff, 1938, Chicago," appears at lower left.

Alternative Title

Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Beau Danube (Choreographic work : Massine)
• Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 > Portraits
• Portraits

Genre/Form

Portraits.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Inscription includes the date 1951 or 1957.
• This image was used as the frontispiece to A.E. Twysden's biography Alexandra Danilova, London, 1945.

Source (note)

• Alexandra Danilova.

Biography (note)

• Alexandra Danilova first danced the role of the street dancer in Massine's 1933 revival of Le beau Danube for Original Ballets Russes. Massine subsequently formed a new company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and presented Le beau Danube in its opening season in 1938. It continued to be an audience favorite, and Danilova became closely identified with the role of the street dancer. The role of her lover the hussar, first performed by Massine himself, was memorably reincarnated by the British danseur Frederic Franklin.
• Alexandre Iacovleff, whose last name is also spelled Jacovleff or Yakovlev, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He was a member of Mir Iskusstva, the art circle that also included ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev. He traveled extensively in the Far East and Africa, finding many subjects for his art there.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Call Number

*MGZFX Dani 7

OCLC

825067706

Title

[Alexandra Danilova as the street dancer in Le beau Danube] [graphic].

Imprint

[1938 or later]

Biography

Alexandra Danilova first danced the role of the street dancer in Massine's 1933 revival of Le beau Danube for Original Ballets Russes. Massine subsequently formed a new company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and presented Le beau Danube in its opening season in 1938. It continued to be an audience favorite, and Danilova became closely identified with the role of the street dancer. The role of her lover the hussar, first performed by Massine himself, was memorably reincarnated by the British danseur Frederic Franklin.

Alexandre Iacovleff, whose last name is also spelled Jacovleff or Yakovlev, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He was a member of Mir Iskusstva, the art circle that also included ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev. He traveled extensively in the Far East and Africa, finding many subjects for his art there.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Alexandra Danilova.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Iacovleff, Alexandre, 1887-1938. Artist

Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Donor

Added Title

Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Alexandra Danilova collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Dani 7