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Photograph of Felia Doubrovska (center) as The Bride in a rehearsal of Les Noces, taken on the rooftop of the Theatre de Monte-Carlo, 1923 Credit: Library of Congress Music Division
The acquisition of a second Bronislava Nijinska work by The Royal Ballet ensured the survival of perhaps her greatest masterpiece. Les Noces, an austere depiction of a Russian peasant wedding, was...

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Diaghilev – genius or promoter of self? In addition to being central or crucial to the history of ballet in the 20th Century, Diaghilev was also intimately involved with musical developments of the...

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