LIDOVA, D'IRENE (COMMENTARIES BY) (PREFACE BY HENRI MONDOR) — La Danse (the Dance)

Paris, France: Revue International D'Art Dramatique, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Serge Lido. B&W Photographs; There's a nice photo of Leslie Caron on page 3. The text to this book is completely in FRENCH. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. There is some heavier edge wear, nicking and fraying to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughtout with black and white photographs by Serge Lido. "Sergey Lidov ended up in Paris at the age of 18, was educated as a political scientist, and began working at Rockefeller Bank. His fate could have been different if it had not been for a meeting with Irene Kaminsky...Irene also joined the VU magazine (Vzglyad) , where she quickly became an authoritative build editor. At that time, the VU photo-illustrated magazine had the best photo laboratory where prominent Parisian photographers came to show their pictures: Brassay, Andre Curtes and many others. All of them showed their work to Irene Kaminsky and listened to her opinion. With Sergey Lidov, then still a young bank clerk, she was introduced by mutual friends. At first glance, Lidov was conquered by the incredibly bright and charming Irene, but her occupation seemed boring to her. According to legend, it was Irene who gave Lidov the first Rolleiflex camera and offered to try herself as a photographer... Sergey Lidov wandered around the city with his Rolleiflex in search of original subjects, plunging into the hectic artistic life of Paris. His first photo essay, which arose from a series of photos of Le Bal Tabarin cancant dancers among Montmartre vineyards, delighted Irene Kaminsky and VU editor-in-chief and was immediately published in the magazine. Financier Sergei Lidov became a photographer Serge Lido, gaining a solid place in the Paris photographic Olympus, and Irene Kaminsky became his wife, adviser and editor of all future Lido books about ballet." (from World ballet stars in the lens of the legendary Serge Lido. 1930-1980s 08/31/2019 ). Very Good .