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Both worked for the Russian Imperial Ballet. 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.  Here Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt (1844-1917) is shown as Apollo. Gerdt created a role as Apollo in 1971 in Marius Petipa's The Two Stars at the Bolshoi Theatre, St Petersburg.","physicalDescription":"Caricature of Pavel Gerdt by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. 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