Podcast » John Craxton
For over half a century, John Craxton was a major force in the visual arts of this country. From the late 1940s on, his main source of inspiration had been the landscape and people of Greece....
people » Wassily De Basil
Timeline Event » 1933 – First London season by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Alhambra Theatre
With the death of Serge Diaghilev in 1929 the powerhouse of the Ballets Russes company he had created died with him. Creative life and the young never stand still for long, and from both necessity...
Timeline Event » 1938 – London ballet wars London ballet wars between the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe
The ‘London Ballets wars’, as it was called, occurred during simultaneous seasons by two rival visiting ballet companies in the British capital. Starting in the summer, the Russian Ballet...