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Lydia Sokolova

(1896-1974), Ballet dancer

Sitter in 3 portraits
Sokolova (born Hilda Munnings) was the first British ballerina of Diaghilev's company. She studied at the Stedman Ballet Academy and with Anna Pavlova and Enrico Cecchetti. A member of the Ballets Russes, 1913-22 and 1923-9, she also appeared in music halls, 1922-3. She created roles in Léonide Massine's Boutique Fantasque (1919) and Les Matelots (1925) and in Bronislava Nijinska's Les Biches and Le Train bleu (1924). After Diaghilev's company disbanded she appeared in the London season of Woizikovsky's company in 1935.

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Lydia Sokolova, by Derek Hill - NPG 6463

Lydia Sokolova

by Derek Hill
blue biro, 1954
NPG 6463

Lydia Sokolova, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26648

Lydia Sokolova

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 December 1924
NPG x26648

Lydia Sokolova as Perlouse; Leon Woizikovsky as the Golf Player in 'Le Train bleu', by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26646

Lydia Sokolova as Perlouse; Leon Woizikovsky as the Golf Player in 'Le Train bleu'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 2 December 1924
NPG x26646

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