My Life Artifacts

This is a video of me dancing at home and in class. Dance really does mean a lot to me. Dance has always been my career, i've  been dancing since i was a little girl. Dance reminds me of my loving father, who also had dance as a creer and loved it. My father was always there for me with dance. 

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This is Classical Ballet: The Flow of Movement. I am the author of this book. I published this book in 1962. I wrote this book after i was done with dancing myself. I hoped that this book would help teach others dance skills and movements. i also hoped this book would help others learn how to flow the ballet movements together better.

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This the beautiful Margot Fonteyn. she is such a great and beautiful girl in personality and the way she dances. I coached Margot before she was a famous dancer and i'm so glad i got the chance to teach her. I like to to hope I contributed to the way she dances today and to the fact of her becoming the great dancer she is today. 

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This is a picture of me dancing the Corsaire Pas De Deux. I danced this ballet in 1915. I was the first to dance this ballet. I danced the part of Medora. 

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This is the Mariinsky Theatre. I danced here. In 1914 it was organized for me to return to thuis theatre to be honored with supreme recognition. This reflected in my success both in life and on stage. 

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This is a portrait of me by John Singer Sargent. This portrait of me as the lead of Thamar. It was 1911 and I was 27 when I played that lead role. It is a great accomplishment that I got to play that role at 27. 


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This is the Royal Academy of Dance. I helped found the Royal Academy of Dance. I taught here after i retired from dancing so I could still interact in dance. I also organized the teachers training course and the camargo society. I was able to teach so many great and and now famous dancers. 

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This is the Saint Petersburg Coat of Arms. I was born in Saint Petersburg in 1885. The Saint Peteresburg Coat of Arms wan an officially heraldic emblem. The framing was added to designate Saint Petersburg administrative status. The frame represented the Imperial Crown over a shield. 

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This is a picture of my father, Platon Karsavin. My father was a great dancer, like me. He meant a great deal to me because of the impact he had on me. My father encoredged and helped me to become the great dance I am now. He sadly passee away in 1922.

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      This is me doing a dance called the Torch dance. The Torch dance is a festive
 serpentine dance where lighted torches are held during the dance. I performed this dance
 in 1909. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuFwqTmVfeo

Zdravstvuyte!! My name is Tamara Karsavina. I was born March 10, 1885 in St. Petersburg Russia. I am a Russian prima ballerina. I joined the Diaghilev ballet in 1909. I was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and of the Ballets Russes of Surge Diaghilev. I was the first ballerina to dance in the Le Corsair Pas de Deux. I was a great teacher and wrote many articles and books on ballet technique.