Today is the birthday of the great Russian-born ballerina Lydia Lopokova (1892-1981). She danced with the Tsar's troupe (she’d been the star pupil of the Imperial Ballet School), then with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes,  then solo in America in touring vaudeville, where she was considered a novelty act. Many were the greats with whom her life was [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:38AM on October 21, 2012