Lubov Tchernicheva (Любовь Павловна Чернышёва; 1890–1976) was a Russian ballet dancer. She danced with the Ballets Russes from 1911 to 1929, and continued dancing professionally into her sixties.
Lubov Tchernicheva | |
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 Lubov Tchernicheva, from a 1915 publication | |
| Born | September 17, 1890 St. Petersburg |
| Died | March 1, 1976 Surrey, England |
| Nationality | Russian, British |
| Other names | Liubov Pavlovna Chernysheva, Luba Tchernicheva, Lubov Tchernichowa |
| Occupation | dancer |
Early life
editLubov Pavlovna Tchernicheva was born in St. Petersburg in 1890, and trained there at the Imperial Ballet Academy.[1]
Career
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Tchernicheva danced with the Mariinsky Ballet from 1908 to 1911, and with the Ballets Russes from 1911 to 1929.[2] She was ballet mistress of the Ballets Russes from 1926 to 1929. She created roles in The Good Humoured Ladies (1917), La Boutique Fantasque (1919), Pulcinella (1920), Les Noces (1924), Les Fâcheux (1924), Zéphire et Flore (1925), Jack-in-the-Box (1926), The Triumph of Neptune (1926), Le Pas d'acier (1927), Apollon musagète (1928),[3] The Gods Go a-Begging (1928), and Francesca da Rimini (1937). In 1932 she became ballet mistress of the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo,[4] and was active in that organization until it dissolved in 1952. She danced in a revival of Fokine's Thamar at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1935.[5] Her last dancing role was in 1957, at age 66, as Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet at La Scala.
In the 1950s, Tchernicheva and her husband produced Russian ballets in London and New York,[6] [7] including a 1954 revival of The Firebird starring Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes.[8] The couple were jointly honored with the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in 1966, for the services to dance. She continued teaching in England, into the 1970s.[1]
Personal life
editTchernicheva married ballet director Serge Grigoriev in 1909. They had a son, Vsevolod, whose wife Tamara Grigorieva was also a dancer.[9] Tchernicheva was widowed when he died in 1968. She died in 1976 in Richmond, Surrey, England, aged 85 years.[1] Her papers are in the Houghton Library at Harvard University.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lubov Tchernicheva - Oxford Reference". www.oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ Garafola, Lynn; Baer, Nancy Van Norman; Baer, Nancy (1999). The Ballets Russes and Its World. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300061765.
- ^ Scholl, Tim (2003-09-02). From Petipa to Balanchine: Classical Revival and the Modernisation of Ballet. Routledge. ISBN 9781134873074.
- ^ Tennant, Victoria; Baronova, Irina (2014-10-15). Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226167169.
- ^ John, 'Thamar' Revived by Ballet Russe (October 12, 1935). "Martin". The New York Times. p. 13 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014-09-16). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893085.
- ^ Martin, John (September 13, 1957). "Dance: New 'Petruchka'". The New York Times. p. 14 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Pritchard, Jane (2012-12-11). "The Firebird: A 'riot of rich colour and fantastic movement'". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ Whitelock, Trafford W. (December 26, 1938). "Famous Family Maintains Ballet Tradition". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 22. Retrieved April 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Collection: Lubov Tchernicheva papers | HOLLIS for Archival Discovery". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
External links
edit- Portraits of Lubov Tchernicheva at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portrait of Lubov Tchernicheva as Cleopatra (circa 1920) by Laura Knight
- A 1920s wooden figure of Lubov Tchernicheva, by Vera Willoughby, in the Theatre and Performance Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum.