Author: Pritchard, Jane (editor)
Title: Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929
Description: London, V&A Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; red metallic lettering. Bw photographic dj with black lettering on butter yellow spine. 240 pp. with color and duotone images throughout. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same title, September 2010 to January 2011. The whole cast of characters in Diaghilev's world is discussed and illustrated: Picasso, Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Bakst, Goncharova, Matisse, Chanel, Prokofiev, Man Ray, Cocteau, and others. This wonderfully-illustrated book includes new research and draws on little-seen collections in the V&A to explore the master's life, work, influence and cultural milieu. The music, pictures, costumes, and archives of the Ballets Russes are drawn together to illustrate Diaghilev's working process, accomplishments and society. A typical stellar performance by the V&A. Contents: Serge Diaghilev and the strange birth of the Ballets Russes / Geoffrey Marsh -- Diaghilev the man / Sjeng Scheijen -- The transformation of ballet ; Creating productions / Jane Pritchard -- Léon Bakst, Natalia Goncharova and Pablo Picasso / John E. Bowlt -- Wardrobe / Sarah Woodcock -- Music and the Ballets Russes / Howard Goodall -- A giant that continues to grow : the impact, influence and legacy of the Ballets Russes / Jane Pritchard. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on half-title page. Stamp on last page. Sticker on back pasted end page.

Keywords: Theater / Ballet; Diaghilev; Ballet Russes ; Diaghilev; Ballets Russes ; ;


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