02214cam a2200325 i 4500 608583284 TxAuBib 20221220120000.0 220622s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022022945 9780374139698 HRD 35.00 0374139695 HRD 35.00 TxAuBib rda Christiansen, Rupert, author. Diaghilev's empire [BOOK] : how the Ballets Russes enthralled the world / Rupert Christiansen. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. x, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Boundaries -- Roots -- Beginnings -- Triumphs -- War -- Novelties -- Rivals -- Successors -- Survivors. Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution. Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, this complex and visionary genius created a new form of ballet defined by artistic integrity, creative freedom, and an all-encompassing experience of art, movement, and music. The explosive color combinations, sensual and androgynous choreography, and experimental sounds of the Ballets Russes were called “barbaric” by the Parisian press, but its radical style usurped the entrenched mores of traditional ballet and transformed the European cultural sphere at large. Provided by publisher. 20221220. Diaghilev, Serge 1872-1929. Ballets russes. Ballet Stage-setting and scenery. Ballet Costume.