Léonide Massine


Photograph

Michel Pavlov in Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur. Photographer unknown, Monte Carlo, 1925. Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation Collection, b MS Thr 495 (220). Gift of Parmenia Migel Ekstrom, 1990.

Michel Pavlov in Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur

It was customary for certain humorous roles of elderly women to be played by men, almost without exception to be played very broadly, as was the case in this ballet.