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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 Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35781

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35782

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35783

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35785

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35786

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35787

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35788

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35789

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35790

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35791

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35792

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35793

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35794

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Alicia Markova

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 12 May 1955
NPG x35795

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Alicia Markova

by Mike Davis
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 6 March 1957
NPG x193416

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