Andre Eglevsky and Maria Tallchief in Act 2 'Swan Lake' (1954)

This is film of Andre Eglevsky and Maria Tallchief performing part of Act 2 of 'Swan Lake' in 1954.

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• Andre Eglevsky
• Maria Tallchief
• 'Swan Lake'
• Ballets Russes
• ballet
• dance

[edo11edo1]

she is very pretty!

[nickwallacesmith]

hi edo11edo1 - i agree, cheers

[colyentie]

yes, incredible dancer - the eglevsky i know of was born in russia - danced with ballet russe, and then in the united states with ballet theatre/american ballet and then was principal dancer with nyc ballet from 1951 - 1958 - he married dancer 'leda anchutina' (sp?) and settled in massapequa, long island, ny where he had ballet studio and the eglevsky ballet company - i was fortunate enough to have studied with him during the early 1970's - he passed in 1977 - a great loss - a great dancer!!!!

[nickwallacesmith]

Born in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, U.S.S.R., Miss Anchutina was a child when she was brought to the United States. She studied ballet in New York with Michel Fokine and, on the first day of its classes, was a pupil at the School of American Ballet, founded in 1934 by Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. A dancer known for her daintiness and speed, she was a member of the original cast of ''Serenade,'' a ballet Balanchine created for his students and his first ballet in America.

[nickwallacesmith]

... She performed in several of the works he created for his first company, the American Ballet.

Among her leading roles were the Queen of Spades in ''The Card Party'' and the Bride's Friend in ''Le Baiser de la Fee,'' both created by Balanchine for a Stravinsky Festival in 1937 at the Metropolitan Opera House, then the home of the American Ballet.

[nickwallacesmith]

... Miss Anchutina also danced in ''Great Lady,'' a 1938 Broadway musical choreographed by Balanchine. She was a member of Mr. Kirstein's Ballet Caravan company, with which she danced in Lew Christensen's ''Pocahontas'' and William Dollar's ''Air and Variations.'' She later danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in its 1941-42 season, and with Leonide Massine's Ballet Highlights in the mid-1940's.

[nickwallacesmith]

... Like her husband, whom she married in the late 1930's, Miss Anchutina drew on training with Fokine and Balanchine for her stagings of ballets for the Eglevsky Ballet, which was founded in 1961. She was the director of the Eglevsky School of Ballet in Massapequa until her death.

Miss Anchutina is survived by her mother, Dosi Sorokin; two sons, Dr. Andre Jr., of Fredericksburg, Va., and Paul, of Shirley, L.I.; a daughter, Marina, of Santa Fe, N.M., and eight grandchildren.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi colyentie - a great dancer i've admired from his work with the ballets russes

just came across an article (obit) on Leda Anchutina Eglevsky:

Leda Anchutina Eglevsky, who danced in George Balanchine's first American ballet companies and founded the Eglevsky Ballet with her husband, Andre Eglevsky, was found dead yesterday morning in bed at her home in Massapequa, L.I. The cause of death was not immediately determined. Always reluctant to give her age, Miss Anchutina was thought to be 73.

[nickwallacesmith]

@pediatrapaola - yes, you are right

[pediatrapaola]

@nickwallacesmith in his book GREAT MALE DANCERS OF BALLET walter terry wrote that eglewsky to earn some money in easy way and having fun used to bet with people about the turns he could perf and always won ,sometime is written on this book ,you can read ,with the umbelivle numer of 18 turns.onstage anyway he often performed easily a dozen pirouettes.also in this clip his turning facility is clear.