The Ballet Russes Costumes

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, AndrŽ 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 Foki... [Read More]

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet in these Ballets Russes production of these Stravinsky ballets. Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznelsov, Marianna Pavlova, and Vladimir Ponomarev are featured in The Firebird. Alexandra Isofidi, Elena Bazhenova, and Vladimir Ponomarev are featured in The Rite of Spring.

In the ancient world, dance was used to express important truths about the human condition, and this significance can still be seen today in representations of dancers in ancient art. Sculpture, relief carving, vase painting, and other visual media offer a glimpse of the function of dance in antiquity. In the modern era, the Ballets Russes, a Paris-based collective established by Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), revolutionized dance and revived European and American interest in ballet, in part by... [Read More]

We print on top quality on 200 gsm grade glossy paper using a new ink laying technique recently developed by Epson. The quality of the print is absolutely fantastic. All our posters are printed and dispatched from the United Kingdom in a strong a sturdy tube ensuring the safe delivery of your order. If you are buying your print framed our heavyweight wood-effect Polcore frames are made from recycled polystyrene presenting itself to be very strong and durable material. All our items are mounted u... [Read More]

Léon Bakst (1866-1924) was a painter, illustrator, stage and costume designer. He is universally acknowledged for representing a synthesis of creative energy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bakst travelled widely throughout Europe and in 1890 joined the World of Art journal circle which numbered many artists among its members, the most famous being Benois and Diaghilev. This book illustrates the wealth of Bakst's contribution to the world of theatre and dance. His best known work inc... [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]

We print on top quality on 200 gsm grade glossy paper using a new ink laying technique recently developed by Epson. The quality of the print is absolutely fantastic. All our posters are printed and dispatched from the United Kingdom in a strong a sturdy tube ensuring the safe delivery of your order. If you are buying your print framed our heavyweight wood-effect Polcore frames are made from recycled polystyrene presenting itself to be very strong and durable material. All our items are mounted u... [Read More]

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