The First Season
Lubov Tchernicheva in the title role in the ballet Cléopâtre. Photograph by S. Georges, undated. Lubov Tchernicheva Papers. b MS Thr 464 (14), folder 1. Purchased with the Howard D. Rothschild Fund, 1995. |
Photograph of Lubov Tchernicheva in the ballet Cléopâtre The original Cleopatra was Ida Rubinstein, who left Diaghilev’s company to start her own troupe. Her place was taken by a succession of dancers, most successfully by Lubov Tchernicheva, who was married to the company régisseur, Serge Grigoriev. |