Print Collection
Print
ca. 1902 (drawn)
ca. 1902 (drawn)
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Nicolai Legat (1869-1937) and his brother Sergei (1875-1905) were dancers, choreographers, teachers of ballet and caricaturists. Both worked for the Russian Imperial Ballet. Nicolai became an important teacher and after leaving the Imperial Ballet in 1914 went on to teach dance in Russia, Paris and London, where he eventually settled. Sergei, regarded as the greater choreographer and perceived as the natural successor to Pavel Gerdt as the Imperial Ballet's Premier danseur noble, committed suicide, aged 30.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Lubov Roslavleva (1874-1904) was a ballerina with the Bolshoi in Moscow. She came from an impoverished noble family and trained with Jose Mendez/Mendes and worked with choreographers Clustine and Gorsky. She was noted for her virtuosity and dramatic ability and her dancing was described as being 'imbued with a sun-lit warmth and spiritual truth'. She died prematurely two years after making an impression dancing in Monte Carlo in 1902.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Lubov Roslavleva (1874-1904) was a ballerina with the Bolshoi in Moscow. She came from an impoverished noble family and trained with Jose Mendez/Mendes and worked with choreographers Clustine and Gorsky. She was noted for her virtuosity and dramatic ability and her dancing was described as being 'imbued with a sun-lit warmth and spiritual truth'. She died prematurely two years after making an impression dancing in Monte Carlo in 1902.
Object details
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| Title | Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph |
| Brief description | Caricature by Nicolai and Sergei Legat of L. Roslavleva, ca. 1902. |
| Physical description | Caricature of L. Roslavleva by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. She is shown in profile with her left foot on point and the right leg and arms stretched to her right. She is wearing a pale green tutu decorated with lily-of-the valley, with pink tights and ballet shoes. She has some lily-of-the-valley flowers in her hair. |
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| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Object history | The image is taken from The Russian Ballet in Caricatures, St Petersburg, 1902-1905, a portfolio of 95 prints. |
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| Summary | Nicolai Legat (1869-1937) and his brother Sergei (1875-1905) were dancers, choreographers, teachers of ballet and caricaturists. Both worked for the Russian Imperial Ballet. Nicolai became an important teacher and after leaving the Imperial Ballet in 1914 went on to teach dance in Russia, Paris and London, where he eventually settled. Sergei, regarded as the greater choreographer and perceived as the natural successor to Pavel Gerdt as the Imperial Ballet's Premier danseur noble, committed suicide, aged 30. The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Lubov Roslavleva (1874-1904) was a ballerina with the Bolshoi in Moscow. She came from an impoverished noble family and trained with Jose Mendez/Mendes and worked with choreographers Clustine and Gorsky. She was noted for her virtuosity and dramatic ability and her dancing was described as being 'imbued with a sun-lit warmth and spiritual truth'. She died prematurely two years after making an impression dancing in Monte Carlo in 1902. |
| Bibliographic reference | Gregory, John. The Legat Saga - Golden Years of the Russian Ballet: the life and times of Nicolai Legat ( London: Javog Publishing Associates, 1992). |
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| Accession number | S.3070-2010 |
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| Record created | November 24, 2010 |
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