Tamara Karsavina in 'Le Spectre de la Rose'

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Tamara Karsavina in 'Le Spectre de la Rose'

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1911
7 5/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (193 mm x 143 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG x134199

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  • Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé (1878-1972), Photographer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 196 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Le Spectre de la Rose was based on a poem by Théophile Gautier and featured Karsavina and Nijinsky, two of the most celebrated dancers of the time. Choreographed by Mikhail Fokine, the ballet told the story of a young girl, danced by Karsavina, who falls asleep in her bedroom after a ball. She dreams of dancing with a rose, played by Nijinsky, that she had been holding in her hand.

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Current affairs

Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.

Art and science

Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.

International

The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.
The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.

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