Diaghilev Ballet Costumes

8 stars from legendary ballet troupe are shown in costumes from over 20 separate productions. Designers include Chanel, Picasso, Matisse, and others.

Leong, Roger

The Ballets Russes has engaged people for 100 years, ever since Russian-born Sergei Diaghilev created this dynamic avant-garde company. Diaghilev brought together some of the most important visual artists of the 20th century - Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Georges Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Natalia Gonchorova and Mikhail Larionov and more - who worked as costume and stage designers with composers such as Igor Stravinky, choreographers such as Michel Fok... [Read More]

A genuine a boetian costume designed for diaghilev's ballets russes, probably for 'narcisse', 1911 by leon (samoilovitch) bakst 100% hand-painted oil painting reproduction on canvas, made by a real artist, brush stroke by brush stroke. No digital or printing techniques are used. You are commissioning a real painting.

In May 1909, Sergei Diaghilev astonished the world of dance with his first ballet presentations in Paris that demonstrated an unprecedented combination of vitality and grace, originality, and technical sophistication. This catalogue of over three hundred artworks related to the Saisons Russes between 1909 and 1929 is the official companion to an exhibition in Monte Carlo. The legendary productions are brought to life through stage designs, costumes, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and progra... [Read More]

The impresario Serge Diaghilev was the creator and driving force of the Ballets Russes. He persuaded, cajoled, and charmed the greatest talents of the early twentieth century to join his company. Artists (Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse), composers (Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie), choreographers (Michel Fokine and George Balanchine), and dancers (Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova) all collaborated to realize Diaghilev's dream of a seamless fusion of the arts. The spectacular productions of the B... [Read More]

Publisher, impresario and patron, Sergei Diaghilev was one of the greatest artistic innovators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the first to bring visual artists together to work with composers and choreographers in order to create theatrical works of art for a broad public, and the world-renowned ballets that he produced in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century left a permanent stamp on the world of dance. In Western Europe, Diaghilev is primarily known as ... [Read More]

Looks at Diaghileu's contributions to the Ballets Russes and provides information on its productions

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This So Sydney brand teen/adult size tutu is perfect for your next warrior run or costume party. 3 layers of super-soft polyester tulle can be cut to length. Satin covered stretch elastic waist gives a one size fits most fit. Waist stretches from 28" (relaxed) to 44" fully stretched. Please measure waist and hips for best fit. So Sydney is a trademarked

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