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Alicia Markova

(1910-2004), Ballet dancer

Dame Alicia Markova

Sitter in 35 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 Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where she created roles for choreographer George Balanchine. As prima ballerina with the Vic-Wells Ballet, (1933-35), 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, 1963-69.

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Alicia Markova, by Jacob Kramer - NPG 6549

Alicia Markova

by Jacob Kramer
pastel, 1936
NPG 6549

Alicia Markova, by Richard Browne - NPG 6163

Alicia Markova

by Richard Browne
bronze half-length figure, 1961
On display in the Weston Wing Café at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6163

Alicia Markova, by Bern Schwartz - NPG P1203

Alicia Markova

by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1 October 1976
NPG P1203

Alicia Markova, by Carl Van Vechten - NPG x194438

Alicia Markova

by Carl Van Vechten
gelatin silver print, 1940s
NPG x194438

Alicia Markova, by Horst P. Horst - NPG x137759

Alicia Markova

by Horst P. Horst
modern print from original negative, 1941
NPG x137759

Alicia Markova, by Hugh Broderick - NPG x194291

Alicia Markova

by Hugh Broderick
vintage print, circa 1942
NPG x194291

Alicia Markova as 'Camille', by Carl Van Vechten - NPG x194439

Alicia Markova as 'Camille'

by Carl Van Vechten
gelatin silver print, 22 October 1946
NPG x194439

Dame Alicia Markova in 'The Dying Swan', by Gilbert Adams - NPG x199883

Dame Alicia Markova in 'The Dying Swan'

by Gilbert Adams
gelatin silver print, 1948
NPG x199883

Alicia Markova, by Gordon Anthony - NPG x137037

Alicia Markova

by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, 1950
NPG x137037

Edward Brian Seago; Alicia Markova, by Gordon Anthony - NPG x137038

Edward Brian Seago; Alicia Markova

by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, circa 1950
NPG x137038

Alicia Markova, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40258

Alicia Markova

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 11 January 1950
NPG x40258

Alicia Markova, by Gordon Anthony - NPG x137036

Alicia Markova

by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, 1951
NPG x137036

Alicia Markova, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x35784

Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35784

Alicia Markova, by Walter Bird - NPG x167147

Alicia Markova

by Walter Bird
bromide print, 31 July 1963
NPG x167147

Alicia Markova, by Charlotte Murphy - NPG x126414

Alicia Markova

by Charlotte Murphy
digital colour print, 2003
NPG x126414

Web image not currently available

Alicia Markova; Sir Anton Dolin

by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, 1930s
NPG x16883

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Alicia Markova; Sir Anton Dolin

by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, 1930s
NPG x16884

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Alicia Markova; Sir Anton Dolin

by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, 1935-1937
NPG x16885

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Alicia Markova; Sir Anton Dolin

by Gordon Anthony
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 June 1948
NPG x137541

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Alicia Markova

by Angus McBean
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 7 October 1953
NPG x136631

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