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Made for the stage: The incredible life and career of dancer and dramatic actress Ida Rubinstein ... and her 20-year collaboration with French composer Florent Schmitt.
Dancer and Dramatic Actress Ida Rubinstein (1913 portrait by Antonio de la Gandára) In every era, there are always a few people in the arts whose life and career sound like something out of a movie or novel. Such a characterization is wholly apt for the dancer and dramatic actress Ida Rubinstein , the Russian-Jewish femme fatale who dominated the limelight in Paris for nearly half a century. Born in 1885 into a fabulously wealthy sugar, brewery and banking family from Kharkov, Lydia Lvovna Rubinstein was orphaned shortly thereafter. But the lucky child was raised in St. Petersburg by relatives who were firmly integrated into the social fabric of the Imperial Capital. From a very early age, Rubinstein always exhibited a flair for the theatrical, always going by the name “Ida” instead of her given name. Her arts-loving family ensured maximum exposure to the cultural activities of the city. […]
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