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.
Lydia Georgievna Kyasht (1885-1959), the younger sister of the dancer George Kyasht was born in St Petersburg and trained at the Imperial Ballet School and danced at the Mariinsky 1902-08. In 1908 she first danced in London where she became ballerina at the Empire, Leicester Square. She had a career as an independant ballerina dancing with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and at the London Coliseum. She appeared in films, Foolish Monte Carlo/The Black Spider (1920) and Dance of the Moods (1924). She was married to military officer Alexis Ragosin, established her own school and established the Ballet de la Jeunese Anglais
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet.
Lydia Georgievna Kyasht (1885-1959), the younger sister of the dancer George Kyasht was born in St Petersburg and trained at the Imperial Ballet School and danced at the Mariinsky 1902-08. In 1908 she first danced in London where she became ballerina at the Empire, Leicester Square. She had a career as an independant ballerina dancing with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and at the London Coliseum. She appeared in films, Foolish Monte Carlo/The Black Spider (1920) and Dance of the Moods (1924). She was married to military officer Alexis Ragosin, established her own school and established the Ballet de la Jeunese Anglais
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. Kjakcht, ca.1902. |
| Physical description | Caricature of L. Kjahcht by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. She is shown in profile, turned to her left, standing on her left leg with her right leg raised in a demi-arabesque. She wears a pink tutu with a white bodice, pink tights and ballet shoes. |
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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. |
| Subject depicted | |
| 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. Lydia Georgievna Kyasht (1885-1959), the younger sister of the dancer George Kyasht was born in St Petersburg and trained at the Imperial Ballet School and danced at the Mariinsky 1902-08. In 1908 she first danced in London where she became ballerina at the Empire, Leicester Square. She had a career as an independant ballerina dancing with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and at the London Coliseum. She appeared in films, Foolish Monte Carlo/The Black Spider (1920) and Dance of the Moods (1924). She was married to military officer Alexis Ragosin, established her own school and established the Ballet de la Jeunese Anglais |
| 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).
Kyasht, Lydia. Romantic Recollections 1929 |
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| Accession number | S.3103-2010 |
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| Record created | December 1, 2010 |
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