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Definition of Karsavina
1. Noun. Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Karsavina
Literary usage of Karsavina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Russian Theatre Under the Revolution by Oliver Martin Sayler (1920)
"The dancers of the first rank and promise at the Great Imperial Theatre outnumbered
those at the Marinsky. It is true, Karsavina usually danced at the ..."
2. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"The officers are excellently delineated and differentiated, while the girls, Sina
Karsavina and her friend the teacher, are extremely attractive. ..."
3. Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index by Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates, Anne C. Sutherland (1917)
"Portrait (with Thamar Karsavina) in Le Pavillon d'Armide. Theatre 22: 295, D.
'15. Portrait (with Thamara Karsavina) in Prince Igor, Theatre 22: 166, ..."
4. Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten (1920)
"Various excuses were advanced for the failure of Karsavina to forsake her family
in Russia and to undertake the journey to the United States but, ..."