Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Marie Rambert NPG x32797

© Derek Allen / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Derek Allen

Born Cyvia Rambam in Warsaw, she came to the attention of Diaghilev in 1913. She joined the Ballets Russes as a teacher and became Nijinsky's assistant choreographing L'Après-midi d'un faune and Le Sacre du printemps. She came to London in 1917, married and became a British citizen. In 1920 she opened a school and producing pupil Frederick Ashton's first ballet in 1926. She co-founded the Comargo Club with Ninette de Valois in 1930, also forming the first permanent English ballet company, the Ballet... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.