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Nicolai became an important teacher and after leaving the Imperial Ballet in 1914 went on to teach dance in Russia, Paris and London, where he eventually settled.  Sergei, regarded as the greater choreographer and perceived as the natural successor to Pavel Gerdt as the Imperial Ballet's Premier danseur noble, died by suicide, aged 30.  \r\n\r\nThe brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers and choreographers.  The tall, statuesque Princess Serafina Alexandrovna Astafieva (1876-1934) was married to Josef Kschessinsky. She danced with the Maryinsky Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (performing roles created by Ida Rubinstein), before establishing her Russian Dancing Academy in London (eventually at the Pheasantry in the King's Road) where her pupils included Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Anna Neagle and Margot Fonteyn.","physicalDescription":"Caricature of Serafina Astafieva by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. She is shown in profile, facing to her right. 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