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| Picture No | 10587574 |
| Date | 1927 |
| Description | Lydia Sokolova |
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Lydia Sokolova (1896-1974), ballet dancer, who, despite her exotic, Russian-sounding name was born Hilda Tansley Munnings in Wanstead, East London. She became part of Sergei Dhiagilev's Ballets Russes in 1913 and was their first English ballerina, famous for dancing the role of the Chosen Maiden in LÚonide Massine's reworking of The Rite of Spring.
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| Source | Photograph by Mabel Robey in The Bystander, 22 June 1927 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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