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Igor Schwezoff’s book, Borzoi, is illustrated with three photographs of the author.
Igor Schwezoff photographed by Franz Ziegler c.1934
Igor Schwezoff photographed by Franz Ziegler, c.1934
The portrait on the frontispiece and the author as a dancer in costume were taken by Franz Ziegler, A.R.P.S, Court Photographer, The Hague.
Mr. Schwezoff was about 30 years old when these photos were taken.
Borzoi is the story of his life from the time he was born in 1904, through his early life, ballet training and dance career in Russia and his escape on foot through Manchuria into Shanghai and finally via train to Germany. The book covers the first 26 years of his life – from 1904 through 1930. It begins when he was born and ends when he arrives in Europe. Borzoi ends here with the author hoping for success and a new life in the West.
What follows is not in the book. I know these things from personal narrative. Igor Schwezoff was my teacher and wonderful friend for the last 20 years of his life. He lived another 52 years after writing Borzoi and there was certainly enough interesting material and life experience over those next years to fill another book or several of them, but he never wrote one. He told me, several times, when I asked him about it,
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Russian Somersaulting, Igor Schwezoff (31), 1935
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