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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, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet.\n\nChristian Johansson (1817-1903) was a Swedish dancer and dance teacher of great importance. He trained at the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Stockholm and with August Bournonville in Copenhagen. As a dancer he would partner Marie Taglioni on her tours. From 1838 his career focused on Russia. After a significant career as a performer he began teaching at the Imperial Ballet School from 1860, becoming the School's principal teacher nine years later. His classes were varied and stimulating and he had the ability to include original enchainment (the linking of individual steps to form a sequence of movement) which sometimes found its way into ballets. As a teacher he continued the tradition of accompanying his own teaching on the violin, hence its inclusion in this cartoon which was drawn at the very end of Johansson's life.","physicalDescription":"Caricature of H. Johanson [Christian Johansson] by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. He is shown turning to his right with his face in profile, dressed in tight black knee breeches and a fitted black tailcoat. Under his jacket he wears a white waistcoat, a white shirt with an upstanding collar and a white bow tie. 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