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Bloomsbury Ballerina: Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes, Paperback (not in pricelist)
IPG Book
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$20.51
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is back-ordered. We will ship it separately in 10 to 15 days.
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Description
Vivacious and charming, ballerina Lydia Lopokova leapt to the height of fame with Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes. Then, a surprising marriage to renowned economist (and former homosexual) John Maynard Keynes catapulted her into an entirely different universe. Her extraordinary story is told here for the first time: it links the world of ballet with the Bloomsbury groupincluding such remarkable individuals as Nijinsky, Picasso, Stravinsky, and Virginia Woolfand spans the past century’s most dramatic social, political, and cultural upheavals. Quoting from many of Lydia’s own writings, Judith Mackrell captures her intensely captivating, eccentric, and irreverent personality and claims her as a major character in both dance and world history.