Violet Keppel (later VT
) became acquainted, initially through her mother
's connections, with Diaghilev
, Nijinsky
, and Russian prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina
, as well as authors George Moore
and Hugh Walpole
.
Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton, 1976.
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Nina Hamnett
Gellibrand (NH
gives only her surname) was the daughter of a Russian mother and an English father who shipped timber for pit-props from the northern forests.
Hooker, Denise. Nina Hamnett: queen of bohemia. Constable and Company Limited, 1986.
Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina
, formerly of the Ballets Russes
, married an English diplomat and moved to London, where she promoted the development of ballet in Britain.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
