Natalia Vladimirovna Trouhanowa
Natalia Vladimirovna Trouhanowa (in Cyrillic, Наталья Владимировна Труханова; 1885 – August 1956), also seen as Natalia Trouhanova, Natalia Trukhanova, or Natacha Trouhanowa-Ignatieff, was a French dancer born in Kiev. Career Trouhanowa was born into a musical family; her father was an opera singer in Kiev, Vladimir Bostunov. She made international news for wearing extravagant diamonds on stage at Monte Carlo in 1906. She was known for dancing the part of Salome in various Paris productions, including in Richard Strauss's ''Salome (opera), Salome'' (1907, dancing for singer Emmy Destinn), in Antoine Mariotte's opera ''Salomé'' (1910, dancing for singer Lucienne Bréval), and in Florent Schmitt's ''La tragédie de Salomé'' (1912). She also premiered Paul Dukas's ''La Péri (Dukas), La Péri'' and Maurice Ravel's ''Adelaide, or the Language of Flowers'' in 1912, and acted the part of "the Nun" in Max Reinhardt's ''The Miracle'' (1912). In 1914, she d ...
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