Photograph of Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar in The Triumph of Neptune, 1926
Credit: Library of Congress
Credit Library of Congress (Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music Collection)
The ballet was choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Lord Berners, and had its premiere on 3rd December 1926 at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar were in the original cast.
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