Lydia Sokolova

Lydia Sokolova
Sokolova in 1914
Born
Hilda Tansley Munnings

1896
Died2 February 1974
OccupationDancer
Years active1910-1962
Spouse(s)Nikolai Kremnev, Leon Woizikovsky, Ronnie Mahon
Children1
Career
Former groupsBallets Russes

Lydia Sokolova (1896–1974) was an English ballerina. She trained at the Stedman Ballet Academy and learned from accomplished dancers including Anna Pavlova and Enrico Cecchetti, and was a prominent member of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1913 to 1929. After the disbandment of that company, she taught, choreographed and occasionally danced. Her last stage performances were in 1962 at the Royal Opera House, London.