Title supplied by cataloger. Kirov Ballet is one of the two major ballet companies of Russia, which was originally founded in the 1740s as the Imperial Russian Ballet. In 1889 the company moved into the Mariiinsky Theatre and flourished. Following the assassination of Sergey Kirov in 1934, the company was renamed the Kirov Ballet, which is the name most commonly used to this day. After the end of communist rule, the ballet company at the Mariinsky Theatre was linked to the theatre by name, becoming the Mariinsky Ballet. Today, the Mariinsky Ballet is recognized as one of the world's greatest ballet companies. Photograph caption dated August 21, 1989 reads, "The Lilac Fairy (Yulia Makhalina, in tutu) and other fairies bring gifts to Princess Aurora in a rehearsal of the Kirov's "The Sleeping Beauty."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 35 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
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