Lydia Lopokova
Lydia Lopokova (originally Russian Лидия Васильевна Лопухова / Lidija Wassiljewna Lopuchowa ; after marriage to Baroness Keynes ; born October 21, 1892 in Saint Petersburg ; † June 8, 1981 in Tilton, Firle , East Sussex ) was a Russian ballet dancer .
Life
Lopokova was trained at the Imperial Ballet School of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg. In 1910 she went to Paris to join Dyagilev's Ballets Russes . Over the course of her career, she kept returning to the Ballets Russes . Her friends included such well-known personalities as Vaslav Nijinsky , Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso , who immortalized her in a few drawings.
Lopokova was married twice, her first marriage to the ballet manager Randolfo Barrocchi and from 1925 to 1946 to the economist John Maynard Keynes . After the death of her second husband, she lived very secluded in England .
literature
- Milo Keynes: Lydia Lopokova . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983, ISBN 978-0-297-78229-2 .
- Judith Mackrell: Bloomsbury Ballerina: Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes . Phoenix, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7538-2578-5
Web links
- Lydia Lopokova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lydia Lopokova on dommuseum.ru (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lopokova, Lydia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Лопухова, Лидия Васильевна; Lopuchowa, Lidija Wassiljewna; Baroness Keynes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | russian ballet dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1981 |
| Place of death | Tilton, Firle , East Sussex |