Ida Rubenstein performed with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1911 and later formed her own company.
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17 Facts About Ida Rubenstein
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Rubinstein herself would not confirm where she was born, nor if Ida Rubenstein was a nickname, preferring the aura of mystery.
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Ida Rubenstein had an older sister, Rachel, born in 1876.
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Ida Rubenstein's mother died when Ida was very young, and in 1892, her father died in Frankfurt, leaving her a vast fortune.
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In 1893, the 8-year-old Ida Rubenstein was sent to Saint Petersburg to live with her aunt, socialite "Madame" Gorvits.
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Ida Rubenstein became fluent in English, French, German and Italian.
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Ida Rubenstein was given the best instruction in music, dance and theatre, including lessons from instructors from the Russian imperial theatres.
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Ida Rubenstein lacked natural dance ability, but she worked constantly on her posture, movements and pirouettes.
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Ida Rubenstein had, by the standard of Russian ballet, little formal training.
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Ida Rubenstein played the leading role in the 1921 silent film La Nave based on D'Annunzio's play of the same name and directed by his son.
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Ida Rubenstein commissioned and performed in Maurice Ravel's Bolero in 1928.
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Ida Rubenstein closed the company in 1935, and gave her last performance in the play Jeanne d'Arc au bucher in Paris, 1939.
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Ida Rubenstein did have tremendous stage presence and was able to act.
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Ida Rubenstein was a significant patron and she tended to commission works that suited her abilities, works that mixed dance with drama and stagecraft.
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Ida Rubenstein returned to France after the war, living finally at Les Olivades in Vence.
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Ida Rubenstein expressed an inner self that had no particular denomination.
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Ida Rubenstein's beauty belonged to those mental images that demand manifestation, and whatever period she represented she became its image.
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