10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIAGHILEV»
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Diaghilev in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Diaghilev and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Diaghilev (1872-1929) is a character on the scale of myth.
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Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes is the most authoritative history of the company ever written and the first to examine it as a totality—its art, enterprise, and audience.
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Prokofiev's Ballets for
Diaghilev
Ballet impresario Sergey Pavlovich Diaghilev and composer Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev are eminent figures in twentieth-century cultural history, yet this is the first detailed account of their fifteen-year collaboration.
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Ballets Russes Style:
Diaghilev's Dancers and Paris Fashion
Beautifully illustrated, and drawing on unpublished images and memorabilia, this book illuminates the ways in which the troupe’s innovations in dance, music, and design mirrored and invigorated contemporary culture.
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A feast of wonders: Sergei
Diaghilev and the Ballets russes
Featuring contributions by leading specialists in the history of Russian dance and the visual arts, a lavishly illustrated catalogue focuses on artworks related to the Saisons Russes between 1909 and 1929 and draws on public and private ...
John E. Bowlt, Zelʹfira Tregulova, Nathalie Rosticher, 2009
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The age of
Diaghilev: in celebration of the tercentenary of ...
Published in celebration of the centenary of St. Petersburg, which will take place in 2003, this lavishly illustrated book is devoted to Russian art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- a period known as the "age of Diaghilev.
Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg, Russia), 2001
Exciting new portrait featuring the racy world of opera and dance in Paris of the 1920s.
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I Sang for
Diaghilev: Michel Pavloff's Merry Life
A former member of the Ballet Russes recalls Pavlova, Nijinsky, and performers he met while working as a stage manager, ballet producer, and teacher
Biography of one of the central figures in the cultural life and tastes of his time.
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIAGHILEV»
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Diaghilev is used in the context of the following news items.
Eleanor Birne · At Tate Modern · LRB 16 July 2015
In Madrid, with the help of her old friend Diaghilev, she opened Casa Sonia, a shop selling simultaneous clothes and accessories, furniture and fabrics. «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
Luxe Pack Monaco 2015: New Exhibition Areas and New Content
The INDIGO space (formerly Café Llorca) is now fitted out as an exhibition space, and the Diaghilev Hall will be enlarged this year. Be this as it ... «Packaging Europe, Jul 15»
Erik Satie: a life less ordinary
... with a music critic); the glamour of Paris, 1885-1925; more than walk-on roles for people like Stravinsky, Picasso and Diaghilev; the decadent ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Canalside choreography: how the biennale got Venice dancing
Serge Diaghilev (the genius ballet impresario who loved Venice and whose grave in the city's cemetery is still covered with tributes of flowers, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Paris comes to Cheltenham Music Festival for opening night tonight
And Igor Stravinsky's breakthrough work was The Firebird, a colourfully Russian work, premiered in Paris in 1910 for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jun 15»
Trevor Breen tops the Hickstead Derby
He was followed by Irish Olympian Billy Twomey and his Hickstead Derby first-timer Diaghilev, who knocked only the first part of the Devil's ... «Equnews International, Jun 15»
Proof that style really is eternal
... such as his sharply cut and patterned Mondrian dresses, and his Russian collection, inspired by the costume designs for Sergei Diaghilev's early 20th-century ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
Allen and Breen secure Irish double
... prize, with Cork's Billy Twomey coming closest to his fellow countryman with just four faults on Diaghilev, finishing in equal second place. «RTE.ie, Jun 15»
Exhibition review: Sonia Delaunay at Tate Modern
She went on to design for film, theatre and dance, including costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. When the couple returned to Paris in 1921 ... «Country Life, Jun 15»
90-year-old Victorian's invention lets dancers defy gravity
“Dance has actually been status quo since 1909, when Diaghilev put together classical ballet and modern dance and made neo-classical. «Times Colonist, Jun 15»
