Diaghilev And The Golden Age Of The Ballet Russes

Published to coincide with the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Sept. 25, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011.

"This edition is published to coincide with the exhibition Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 12 May-2 September 2013. The exhibition Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 was originally conceived by and first shown at the V&A Museum, London, in 2010."

"This book was published to coincide with the exhibition Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballet Russes 1909-1929 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 25 September 2010-9 January 2011"--Title page verso.

This document includes images and label text of all the material - objects and contextual images - in the V & A;s exhibition, Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929. It is intended to be a reference as to the contents of the exhibition ...

"This edition is published to coincide with the exhibition Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 12 May-2 September 2013. The exhibition Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 was originally conceived by and first shown at the V&A Museum, London, in 2010."

A fresh perspective on the Ballets Russes, focusing on relations between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-époque Paris.

One of two successor companies to Serge Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-1962), founded by Sergei Denham and Leonide Massine, followed Diaghilev's distinctive approach, making the scenic designer a full creative partner in the development of a ballet. Featured in this volume are the designs of 14 artists for 19 premieres commissioned between 1938 and 1944, a period which enjoyed a 'ballet boom' arising from the American public's desire for danced entertainment.

The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Inspired by the unique vision of their founder Sergei Diaghilev, the company gained a large international following. In the mid-twentieth century - during the tumultuous years of World War II and the Cold War - the Ballets Russes companies kept the spirit and traditions of Russian ballet alive in the West, touring extensively in America, Europe and Australia. This important new book uncovers previously-unseen interviews and provides insights into the lives of the great figures of the age - from the dancers Anna Pavlova and Alicia Markova to the choreographers Leonide Massine, George Balanchine and Anton Dolin. The dancers' own words reveal what life was really like for the stars of the Ballets Russes and provide fascinating new insights into one of the most vibrant and creative groups of artists of the modern age.