Diaghilev's empire : how the Ballets Russes enthralled the world
Christiansen, Rupert2024
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Serge Diaghilev was the Russian impresario who is often said to have invented the modern art form of ballet. Commissioning such legendary names as Nijinsky, Fokine, Stravinsky, and Picasso, this intriguingly complex genius produced a series of radically original art works that had a revolutionary impact throughout the western world. Published to mark the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Diaghilev's birth, Rupert Christiansen - leading critic and self-confessed 'incurable balletomane' - presents this freshly researched and challenging reassessment of a unique phenomenon, exploring passionate conflicts and outsize personalities in a story embracing triumph and disaster.
Main title:
Diaghilev's empire : how the Ballets Russes enthralled the world / Rupert Christiansen.
Author:
Christiansen, Rupert, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2024.
Collation:
384 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2022.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571348022 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2743253