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Let’s Dance!

The forecast heatwave seems to have arrived in full force today and it’s far too hot to actually dance, so

Olga Spessivtseva was one of the foremost Russian ballerinas of the early 20th Century. She traveled the world to rave

My blog seems to have taken a decidedly Russian turn this week, what with clearing up the rumours about Rasputin

The caption which goes alongside this photo reads: Miss Finney dancing, Montreal, QC, 1923. Does anyone know anything alse about

I love this 1940s ballet picure, it just made me giggle. How would you caption it? I have no prizes

Legendary ballet dancer Anna Pavlova in costume as a bacchante in The Seasons. C. 1900 Source and copyright: This work

Ballet dancers from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo rehearsing the Nutcracker in 1940. Source and copyright: This work is