Selika Lazevski
Selika Lazevski was a black horsewoman in Belle Époque Paris. In 1891, she was the subject of a series of six photographic portraits taken at the studio of Paul Nadar in Paris.
Life
Little is known of her life but she is thought to have been a horsewoman who rode haute école at the Nouveau Cirque (1886–1926) on rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. Selika may not have been her real first name and there is a possibility that she took her surname Lazevski from the Polish circus horseman and haute école rider Valli de Laszewski and his French wife, Lara, who worked at the Nouveau Cirque during that period.[1]
In 1891, Lazevski was the subject of a series of six photographic portraits taken at the studio of Paul Nadar (son of the better known Félix Nadar) in Paris.[1]
Legacy
In 2017, a short film based on Lazevski's life, The Adventures of Selika, starring Karidja Touré, was released.[2][3][4][5]
References
- 1 2 Forrest, Susanna (9 February 2018). "Selika, Mystery of the Belle Epoque". The Paris Review. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ Elder, Lucy (11 December 2016). "New equestrian film: Tom Hunt produces score while leading lady takes to the saddle". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ Hill, Zahara (23 March 2017), "'Girlhood' Star Plays A 19th-Century Black Equestrian In New Movie", HuffPost, retrieved 19 April 2018
- ↑ "The Adventure Of Selika". Bahamas International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ Ène, Lysiane (21 March 2017). "Les premières images de Karidja Touré dans la peau de l'écuyère Selika Lazevski" [The first images of Karidja Touré as the horsewoman Selika Lazevski]. fr.trace.tv (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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