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...matter of the Russian Ballet (TIME, Music, April i) dark-skinned Toumanova does not own "Mickey" the marmoset, rather the fair Irina Baronova. . . . "Mickey" recently had a near escape from drowning when his exploratory yearnings led him to a toilet fixture into which he plunged, was rescued in the nick of time. "Mickey" was presented to Baronova by Arnold Haskell, author of Ballctomania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 15, 1935 | 4/15/1935 | See Source »

...Sylphides, Prince Igor and Petrouchka, all inherited from the old Diaghilev company. Most popular male dancers were handsome young David Lichine and the master Massine, who, at 38, is old to be dancing so fleetly. Most popular ballerinas were dark-skinned Tamara Toumanova, who owns the marmoset, and Irina Baronova who can act as well as spin. Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: 20,000-Mile Dance | 4/1/1935 | See Source »

...hope. The Monte Carlo Ballet, now on the verge of a five months' U. S. tour. has four outstanding dancers : handsome David Lichine, spectacular for his leaps, his sensuous grace; pretty feathery Tatiana Riabouchinska, whom Colonel de Basil has insured against marriage; dark dynamic Tamara Tamounova and Irina Baronova. The greatest of these, says Critic Haskell, is Baronova, 15, ashy, pale-haired Russian emigrée who grew up in the Balkans, studied in Paris with the Imperial ballerina, Olga Preobrajenska. Baronova's technic is amazing. She can do 32 spins (fouettés) without stopping. But more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Balletomaniac | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

...first U. S. season.* First night there were three ballets. In La Concurrence, two tailors fought comically for each other's trade and decked out half the dancers in richly colored furbelows. Les Presages, done to Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, was more obscure but in it Irina Baronova and David Lichine did a memorable passion dance. Le Beau Danube had an amazing mazurka done by Leonide Massine and Tatiana Riabouchinska (see cut}. Their footwork was incredibly swift and sure. But all the leading dancers were so expert that they made the most marvelous spins and leaps seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Ballet Russe | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

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