Lubov Egorova

Lubov Yegorova, Princess Nikita Troubetska was a Russian ballerina who danced with the Imperial Ballet and the Ballets Russes.

Lubov Yegorova was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She studied ballet at the Imperial Theatre School in St. Petersburg with Ekaterina Vazem, Enrico Cecchetti and Anna Johansson. After graduating in 1898, she started work as a coryphe in the Imperial Ballet at Maryinsky Theatre and became a ballerina in 1914. A role as Myrtha in Giselle brought her to the attention of Sergei Diaghilev who cast her in the role of Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty in 1918, where she danced with Vaslav Nijinsky. She also went on to dance other roles with the Ballets Russes.

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