Russian Emperor Alexander III personally introduced the star of St. Petersburg’s ballet school Mathilde Kschessinska to his son Nicholas, the future last tsar, and soon she became his passion.

"Little K" was Mathilde Kschessinska, prima ballerina assoluta of the Russian Imperial Ballet during the final decades of the monarchy, mistress of noblemen and even the tsar.

The True Memoirs of Little K by Adrienne Sharp (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 373 pp., $25) Sit back and be told a story, the rich and fantastic memoirs of 99-year-old Mathilde Kschessinska ...

The script is based on the story of the tragic love of Nicholas Romanov, the son and heir to Russian tsar Alexander III, and the ballet dancer Mathilde Kschessinska. 5 of the most anticipated ...

While he didn’t make the schlep to Cannes this year, writer-director Paul Schrader has some skin in the Cannes game. He’s announced that he’s writing an English-language biopic of ...

CANNES — Writer-director Paul Schrader will write the story of the adored and reviled Russian prima ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, a mistress to the last Russian tsar described by producers as ...

Inside the hard, sad and beautiful world of the ballet dancer. Veronica Horwell. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published September 28, 2012. ... to Mathilde Kschessinska, ...

Villa Marizzina was once the home of Russian ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich. Its current owner has renovated the villa and listed it for about $33 million.