Rare archival footage and colorful interviews chronicle the evolution of the influential early 20th-century ballet company, founded by Sergei Diaghilev. Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine directed this ...

In the early 1900s, the company shed the tutus and toeshoes and took a radically different approach to dance. A new exhibit at the National... Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized ...

But first a bit of background. The electrifying debut of the Ballet Russes in Paris in 1909 undoubtedly changed the course of culture and fashion; the fairy-tale and far-away fantasies on the stage ...

CLINTON – The Museum of Russian Icons will present "Emil Hoppé: Photographs from the Ballets Russes," Nov. 15 through March 8, 2020. The exhibitions pays homage to two men: famed Russian impresario ...

The concept of “total work of art” is most often associated with composer Richard Wagner and his legacy, but he was far from the only artist across disciplines who accomplished it. Les Ballets Russes, ...

1. In 1909, Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev founds a dance company, Les Ballets Russes, in Paris. Performers include Anna Pavlova, George Balanchine, and the high-leaping, mentally fragile star ...

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"Ballets Russes" is much more than a specialty item for dance aficionados. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's expertly crafted, years-in-the-making docu takes viewers on an ebullient odyssey from Russia ...

Balletomanes are bound to adore Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s lavish documentary Ballets Russes (2005), which recalls the glory days of that legendary emigré dance troupe through rare footage of its ...