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Victoria on stage

Images from Victoria's years on stage and in rehearsal, notably with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. That stage experience now stands behind what she passes on to the students of the school.

46 photographs

Victoria in attitude on pointe, her grey dress in full motion, under lilac light.

Victoria in arabesque, hair loose, in a golden dress, in warm light.

Victoria balancing with one leg raised high, a golden cloth in her hand.

Victoria in mid leap, her hand in her partner's.

Victoria smiling with her partner, on a white stage.

Victoria lifted in mid air by her partner, her golden dress in motion.

Victoria in her partner's arms, a suspended moment of the pas de deux.

Victoria in a grand jeté, supported by her partner against a pale backdrop.

Victoria in the rehearsal studio, one leg stretched, beside a fellow dancer.

A dancer seen from behind on pointe, between the blue columns of the set, on the stage of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

Victoria seated in the light of a red curtain, in a black feathered costume.

Victoria on pointe in a mauve tulle skirt, one arm raised, beside her partner on a blue stage.

The same pas de deux, Victoria in balance and her partner in a lunge, arms reaching outward.

Victoria seated on the floor in a red costume, arms framing her face, against a dark background.

Victoria in a white romantic tutu, leaning on pointe, another dancer kneeling at her feet.

In the studio, Jean-Christophe Maillot leads a rehearsal, Victoria beside him with one leg raised.

Jean-Christophe Maillot working a movement of the hands with Victoria during a rehearsal.

Victoria held in balance by a dancer, her hand reaching toward a dancer bending forward, on a blue stage.

A studio rehearsal in front of the company, Victoria in full movement beside Jean-Christophe Maillot.

The whole ensemble carrying a dancer above their heads, in black and white.

Victoria alone at the centre of a blue set with a double staircase, four dancers seated on either side.

Victoria in a grand jeté in front of the white staircase of the set, two dancers behind her.

Victoria on pointe in a character costume, the skirt in motion, in an archive image.

Victoria in a white tutu and tiara, on pointe, against a midnight blue background.

Victoria in a yellow and red tutu, on pointe, her hand in her partner's.

Victoria in a white tutu at the barre, one arm raised, beside a woman in day clothes, in black and white.

Victoria rehearsing on stage, a numbered bib pinned to her chest, in black and white.

A dancer in a full grand jeté across a dark stage, a white mask lying on the floor.

Victoria in a grey tutu and burgundy bodice, her hand in her partner's, he in a gold coat.

Victoria in arabesque on pointe, in a pale tutu, supported by her partner against a red ground.

The curtain call before the embroidered drape, Victoria in a white tutu with flowers on her arm, beside her partner.

A dancer seen from behind on pointe, in a black beaded bodice, against a stepped blue set.

A dancer in full horizontal flight, between the white and blue volumes of the set.

Victoria and her partner in turquoise costumes, her leg high, on a blue stage.

A contemporary pas de deux, Victoria in her partner's arms, on a dark stage.

In the studio, Victoria in a high arabesque with the company gathered around her.

In a bright studio, a repetiteur follows a dancer in arabesque, in black and white.

Victoria in a black tutu and her repetiteur take the same position side by side, in black and white.

Victoria seated on the floor in a long tutu, a repetiteur leaning towards her from her chair, in black and white.

Victoria in a white tutu at the barre, her hand held by a teacher, in the studio.

A pas de deux rehearsed in a studio crossed by sunlight, in black and white.

A dancer held horizontally above her partner's shoulders, in the studio.

In black and white, a man kneels to fasten a dancer's shoe, a lighting stand beside her.

Victoria in a sea-green tutu in a dressing room, the costumes hanging behind her.

Victoria in a deep penché on an antique desk, in the light of a tall window.

Victoria in développé on a quayside, a bicycle leaning on the railing, the city behind her.

Photographs of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Alice Blangero, the company's photographer.

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