Photographs

Photographs of Anne and Nicholas Polajenko — their life together and Nicholas's dance career.

Black-and-white portrait of Anne and Nicholas Polajenko smiling together
Anne and Nicholas Polajenko, whose partnership began at the Geneva Grand Théâtre Ballet.
Nicholas Polajenko partnering ballerina Marjorie Tallchief on stage in the East Room of the White House before a formal seated audience
Nicholas Polajenko partnering Marjorie Tallchief with the Harkness Ballet at the White House, for President Johnson's State Dinner, October 5, 1964. (LBJ Presidential Library)
Color film still of Nicholas Polajenko in a red military jacket with two other dancers in Trio con Brio
Nicholas Polajenko in the original cast of Antony Tudor's Trio con Brio, Jacob's Pillow, 1952, with Tatiana Grantzeva and Ralph McWilliams. (Photo: John Lindquist / Jacob's Pillow Archives)
Nicholas Polajenko lifting a ballerina on stage with the Harkness Ballet
Nicholas Polajenko partnering with the Harkness Ballet, mid-1960s. (Roger Pic / Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Nicholas Polajenko and a ballerina in a dramatic pose on stage with the Harkness Ballet
Nicholas Polajenko on stage with the Harkness Ballet, mid-1960s. (Roger Pic / Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Nicholas Polajenko partnering a ballerina with the Harkness Ballet
Nicholas Polajenko with the Harkness Ballet, mid-1960s. (Roger Pic / Bibliothèque nationale de France)
The Harkness Ballet company on stage, with Nicholas Polajenko at far left
Nicholas Polajenko (far left) with the Harkness Ballet, mid-1960s. (Roger Pic / Bibliothèque nationale de France)

More photographs are being added as the family archive is catalogued.