Ballet russe

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Ballet Russes

From Lynn Garafola's article in the brochure for the exhibit entitled Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels which honors the 100th anniversary of the Ballets Russes and which is on display at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center thru...

Program cover of 1916 Diaghilev's Ballets Russes first and only American tour - cover

Tamara Karsavina began her professional career with Russia's Imperial Ballet in 1902, at age 17, and rose quickly through the ranks to become a leading ballerina. She began traveling to Paris in 1910 to dance with the Ballets Russes. Her most famous roles were in the ballets of Michel Fokine, her most famous being the title role in the "Firebird." Tamara Karsavina helped establish England's Royal Ballet and was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Dance. Based on the prologue to “The…

Leon Bakst - Costume design for the Queen of the Night from Mozart's 'Magic Flute' , 1922

I was having a swanky lunch recently on the seventh floor at Bergdorf Goodman with a friend from college, and afterwards I discovered in t...

boris israelevich anisfeld costume design for cадко (sadko)..

Though Grace Kelly is well-known for her patronage of the arts in Monaco, she was not the first American to invest in the culture of her adopted principality. Decades before Grace wed Prince Rainier, heiress Winnaretta Singer married into the royal family and used her influence to fund and uplift numerous artistic endeavors, including the world-famous Ballet Russes. Though she and Grace became cousins-by-marriage thanks to their royal connections, their shared commitment to the arts…