Tamara Toumanova - Fragments from ‘The Firebird’

This upload consists of two tiny fragments of footage of Tamara Toumanova on stage as the Firebird in the ballet of the same name. One clip is in colour and the other black and white. Small though these films may be they do give a sense of how this baby ballerina of the Ballets Russes - the Black Pearl - approached this difficult Mikhail Fokine role. As you’ll know, the ballet, with music by Igor Stravinsky, premiered on June 25, 1910. Enjoy!