100 years ago the avant-garde troupe took Paris by Storm. Newsletters ... In the course of the Ballets Russes' brief existence--it would never be the same after Diaghilev's death in 1929--Anna ...

Under the direction and mentorship of Serge Diaghilev, the visual artists, composers and choreographers that worked with the Ballets Russes transformed ballet into an avant-garde art form ...

A new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., explores how the Ballets Russes shocked audiences and married avant-garde music and art. Dance Modern Movement: How The Ballets ...

Narrated by Tilda Swinton and produced by the National Gallery of Art, this documentary film explores Serge Diaghilev's Russian roots, his genius for bringing together avant-garde composers ...

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The Russian impresario whose Ballet Russes company transformed 20th century dance. ... costumes by Coco Chanel, avant-garde music by Stravinsky and Prokofiev, ...

The electrifying debut of the Ballet Russes in Paris in 1909 undoubtedly changed the course of ... “Like much of the Western European avant-garde,” reads one of the wall captions at ...

News about Ballets Russes. Commentary and archival information about Ballets Russes from The New York Times.