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Lydia Kyasht

(1885-1959), Ballet dancer

Sitter in 140 portraits
The Russian-born ballet dancer Kyasht studied at the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet school and joined the Maryinsky Theatre in 1902. Kyasht moved to London and was engaged by the Empire Theatre in 1908, she made her debut in London in a series of divertissements with Adolph Bolm. She became principal dancer at the Empire Theatre, 1908-13. She appeared as Swanilde in Coppélia (1908) and premiered in Sylvia (1911). In 1912 she danced with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, whom she rejoined in 1919, when she alternated the part of the Young Girl in Papillons with Lydia Lopokova and appeared in Les Sylphides.

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Lydia Kyasht; Alexandre Volinine (né Aleksandr Volinin), by Murmann Studios, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198215

Lydia Kyasht; Alexandre Volinine (né Aleksandr Volinin)

by Murmann Studios, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x198215

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127802

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127802

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia', by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127803

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127803

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia', by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127804

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127804

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia', by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127805

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127805

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia', by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127806

Lydia Kyasht in 'Sylvia'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127806

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127807

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 June 1911
NPG x127807

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x18909

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 July 1911
NPG x18909

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x18910

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 July 1911
NPG x18910

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81061

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x81061

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81062

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x81062

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101634

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101634

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101635

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101635

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101636

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101636

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101637

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101637

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101638

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101638

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101639

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101639

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101640

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101640

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101641

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101641

Lydia Kyasht, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x101642

Lydia Kyasht

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 March 1911
NPG x101642

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