From the Archives of Modern Art
- 1987
- 18m
In this great project, an archivist attempts to put together the "lost years" of Eleanor Antinova, the once celebrated black ballerina of Diaghlev's Ballets Russes, when she returned to her ... Read allIn this great project, an archivist attempts to put together the "lost years" of Eleanor Antinova, the once celebrated black ballerina of Diaghlev's Ballets Russes, when she returned to her native America to eke out a meager living in vaudeville and early movies. Her career in th... Read allIn this great project, an archivist attempts to put together the "lost years" of Eleanor Antinova, the once celebrated black ballerina of Diaghlev's Ballets Russes, when she returned to her native America to eke out a meager living in vaudeville and early movies. Her career in the States is documented through narrative and dance films - recently discovered - which she... Read all