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Photograph of Anatole Vilzak and Vera Nimchinova in Les Biches, 1924, Credit: Library of Congress, Music Division

Podcast » Mark Morris

American dancer, choreographer and director Mark Morris is one of the most successful and influential of contemporary modern choreographers.

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An established partnership, Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin set up their own ballet company in London in 1935, backed by Laura Henderson of the Windmill Theatre, famous for its ‘nude’ revues. The...

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Acquired in 1964 for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton as director and born out of his reverence for the choreographer, Bronislava Nijinska’s charming Les Biches, a seemingly light-as-a-soufflé...

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