Nijinsky and Diaghilev, 1911
Stravinsky and Diaghilev, 1921
Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
- Video: Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (28:11)
Narrated by Tilda Swinton
- Articles from the International Encyclopedia of Dance (log in with your L# and LCC passphrase):
"Diaghilev, Serge"
"Ballets Russes De Serge Diaghilev"
Collaborators
Composers:
- Frédéric Chopin
Example: Les Sylphides, from the American Ballet Theatre, a reconstruction of Michel Fokine's choreography for the Ballets Russes - Claude Debussy
Example: Jeux, from the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, a reconstruction of Nijinsky's choreography for the Ballets Russes: - Francis Poulenc
Example: Les Biches, from the Bavarian State Ballet, a reconstruction of Bronislava Nijinska's choreography for the Ballets Russes. (First 42 minutes of video) - Sergei Prokofiev
- Example: Excerpt from Le pas d'acier, from Princeton University, choreographed by Millicent Hodson, originally performed by the Ballets Russes.
- Full orchestral work (music only)
- Maurice Ravel
Example: Daphnis et Chloé, from the Opéra national de Paris, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, originally performed by the Ballets Russes. - Igor Stravinsky
Example: The Firebird Suite, from the Kirov Ballet, choreographed by Mikhail Fokine, as originally performed by the Ballets Russes.
Painters:
- Léon Bakst
- André Derain
Ballet costumes - Natalia Goncharova
Costume designed for St. John in Lithurgy - Mikhail Larionov
Design for ballet Midnight Sun - Henri Matisse
Costume designed for Le Chant du Rossignol - Pablo Picasso
Set and costumes for The Parade - Nicholas Roerich
Costumes designed for The Rite of Spring - Pavel Tchelitchew
Stage design for The Wedding Feast of the Boyar
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Choreographers:
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