Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes (1909-1929) That Serge Diaghilev believed in Russian art and its spirit can never be doubted. His company, the Ballets Russes, exploded every myth about dance. From...
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Timeline Event » 1919 – World premieres of La Boutique fantasque and Le tricorne, by the Ballets Russes
La Boutique fantasque and Le tricorne Set in an enchanted toy shop in the 1860s, Léonide Massine’s La Boutique fantasque was one of his happiest and most effervescent works, danced to Ottorino...
Timeline Event » 1987 – Premiere of Richard Alston’s Pulcinella by Ballet Rambert
Based on the commedia dell’arte narrative of the 1920 Léonide Massine / Pablo Picasso / Igor Stravinsky ballet created for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Pulcinella is a homage to the genre...
Grace Note » …and on: Fashion & Ballet in Step
Fashion and ballet have a symbiotic relationship, each drawing on the other. Twice a year, fashion designers must cast around for hot influences. These might come from anywhere but time and again,...
Grace Note » 1920s – 1950s: Neo-Romanticism and After
According to Virginia Woolf, ‘on or about December 1910 human character changed’. The event from 1910 she was referring to was the famous exhibition entitled ‘Manet and the...