Alicia Markova (1910-2004), Ballerina
Dame Alicia Markova
Sitter in 28 portraits
One of the great ballerinas of the twentieth century, Markova was admired for the purity and lightness of her dancing. At the age of fourteen she joined the Ballets Russes, where she created roles for choreographer George Balanchine. As prima ballerina with the Vic-Wells Ballet, 1933-5, she was the first British dancer to appear as Giselle and Odette/Odile and created roles in Rendezvous (1933) and The Rake's Progress (1935). In 1935 she formed a touring company with Anton Dolin and in 1950 they co-founded the Festival Ballet (English National Ballet). She was made a Dame in 1963 and became director of the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet, 1963-9.
by Richard Browne
bronze half-length figure, 1961
NPG 6163
by Bernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1 October 1976
NPG P1203
by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, 1950
NPG x137037
Edward Brian Seago; Dame Alicia Markova
by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, circa 1950
NPG x137038
by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, 1951
NPG x137036
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35784
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by Angus McBean
photogravure reproduction tear sheet, published 7 October 1953
NPG x136631
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Ballerinas and dancers
Jewish sitters and artists
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London
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