Prima Ballerinas

Serge Lifar and Alicia Markova in Cimarosiana. Photographer unknown, undated. Howard D. Rothschild Collection. MS Thr 414.2 (91). Bequest, 1989.

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Cimarosiana

The ballet Cimarosiana was a suite of six dances from the 1920 opera L’Astuce Féminine. Cimarosiana was first performed under the title Ballet de L’Astuce Féminine; the new title reflected the origin of the musical score, by the Italian baroque composer Domenico Cimarosa. The dancers are dressed in Siamese costume.