{"product_id":"17553-preobajenska-olga-saint-saens-camille-autograph-note-signed-to-saint-saens","title":"Preobajenska, Olga. (1870-1962) [Saint-Saëns, Camille. (1835–1921)] Autograph Note Signed to Saint-Saens","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph note signed from the important Russian ballerina to composer Camille Saint-Saëns. On a postcard illustrated with a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II and his son Tsarevich Alexei, Preobajenska has penned an Easter greeting: \"Joyeux Paques! \/ Olga Préobajenska.\" Postmarked St. Petersburg, March 1909. A remarkable item from the legendary Imperial Russian prima ballerina, who met Saint-Saëns in 1909 when she danced in his ballet \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eJavotte \u003c\/i\u003ein Paris. Very fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 13.5 cm).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eProbably the best loved ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet, Preobajenska was an early student of Legat and Cecchetti, before she moved to the Mariinsky Theater, where she was prima ballerina for nearly a quarter century.  Nearly every major mid-20th-century Western dancer visited Preobrajenska for lessons and her prized students included Tamara Toumanova, Margot Fonteyn and Irina Baronova.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093653803167,"sku":"17553","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Preobajenska_Olga_Autograph_Letter_17553_02.jpg?v=1722189466","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/17553-preobajenska-olga-saint-saens-camille-autograph-note-signed-to-saint-saens","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}