Lydia Georgievna Kyasht (25 March 1885 â€" 11 January 1959) was a
Russian British ballerina and dance teacher. She was described by one
critic as "the World's Most Beautiful Dancer" in 1914.Lydia Georgievna
Kyasht was born in St. Petersburg, the daughter of George Kyasht and
Agaffia Poubiloff. Her older brother George Kyasht also had a
successful career in ballet. She trained as a dancer at the St.
Petersburg Imperial Ballet School.Kyaksht danced at the Mariinsky
Theatre from 1902 to 1908, and was a soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet
in 1903-1904. She moved to England in 1908, to be ballerina at the
Empire Theatre. She also danced with the Ballets Russes. Her first
performance in New York City happened in 1914, when she appeared in a
Broadway revue called The Whirl of the World.She appeared in at least
two silent films, Foolish Monte Carlo (also titled The Black Spider,
1920, now lost), and The Dance of the Moods (1924). In 1929 she
published a memoir, Romantic Reflections.
Russian British ballerina and dance teacher. She was described by one
critic as "the World's Most Beautiful Dancer" in 1914.Lydia Georgievna
Kyasht was born in St. Petersburg, the daughter of George Kyasht and
Agaffia Poubiloff. Her older brother George Kyasht also had a
successful career in ballet. She trained as a dancer at the St.
Petersburg Imperial Ballet School.Kyaksht danced at the Mariinsky
Theatre from 1902 to 1908, and was a soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet
in 1903-1904. She moved to England in 1908, to be ballerina at the
Empire Theatre. She also danced with the Ballets Russes. Her first
performance in New York City happened in 1914, when she appeared in a
Broadway revue called The Whirl of the World.She appeared in at least
two silent films, Foolish Monte Carlo (also titled The Black Spider,
1920, now lost), and The Dance of the Moods (1924). In 1929 she
published a memoir, Romantic Reflections.
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