Russian Prima Ballerina Thamar Karsavina aka Tamara Platonovna Karsavina( 1885 – 1978) in 'Petrouchka' (aka Petrushka) in 'Petrouchka' (aka Petrushka) written by Igor Stravinsky ). She was principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the Ballets Russes. In Britain she assisted in the establishment of The Royal Ballet and was a founder member of the Royal Academy of Dance. Her second husband was British diplomat Henry James Bruce (1880–1951) the father of her son Nikita