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.

Vasily Tikhomirov (1876-1956) was a Russian dancer, teacher and choreographer with a conservative approach. He danced primarily with the Bolshoi (where he was trained) but also in Dance Dream at the Alhambra, London in 1911 and with Anna Pavlova in 1913. His roles included Mars in Clustine's The Stars, Jean de Brienne (Raymonda), Albrecht (Giselle), Basilio (Don Quixote), Solor (La Bayadere) and Conrad in a new staging of Le Corsaire by Gorsky. Initially a slim elegant dancer he put on weight as can be seen in the film footage of him partnering his first wife Ekateina Geltzer. His most notable choreography was The Red Poppy in 1927.