Sergei Diaghilev

One hundred years ago, in 1911, the great Ballets Russes impresario Sergei Diaghilev labored -- without e-mail -- to book his troupe in suitable theaters, meet his payroll, negotiate with presenters, hang on to his dancers, engage artistic collaborators, remedy company squabbles, woo the press and soothe an orchestra leader who was loathe to conduct The Rite of Spring.

Debra Levine: Ballets Russes Updated: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Turns 15 Debra Levine 2011

One hundred years ago, in 1911, the great Ballets Russes impresario Sergei Diaghilev labored -- without e-mail -- to book his troupe in suitable theaters, meet his payroll, negotiate with presenters, hang on to his dancers, engage artistic collaborators, remedy company squabbles, woo the press and soothe an orchestra leader who was loathe to conduct The Rite of Spring.

Debra Levine: Ballets Russes Updated: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Turns 15 Debra Levine 2011

The Ballet Russes performed between 1909 and 1929 on some of the world's most prestigious stages under director Sergei Diaghilev.

London Curator Discovers Rare Video Footage Of Ballet Russes Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

Founded by Sergei Diaghilev in 1909, the Ballets Russes may have been the single most important force in dance, scenic design and theater in the first half of the 20th century.

Chagall Through the Eyes of Paris 2011

A video of what is strongly considered Sergei Diaghilev s Ballet Russes has been discovered by London-based curator Jane Pritchard, who was responsible for...

London Curator Discovers Rare Video Footage Of Ballet Russes Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

The Ballet Russes performed between 1909 and 1929 on some of the world's most prestigious stages under director Sergei Diaghilev.

London Curator Discovers Rare Video Footage Of Ballet Russes Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

But unlike Sergei Diaghilev, renowned for his legendary Ballets Russes productions, her métier is experimental music-theater—"indie" opera and multimedia concert works.

A Modern-Day Diaghilev Barbara Jepson 2011

The pair explore their Russophile tendencies through motifs from the tales of Mikhail Lermontov, Caucasian carpets, the ballets of Sergei Diaghilev, Soviet Constructivism and the interiors depicted in 19th-century Russian manor paintings.

Designing Russia Alexandra Marshall 2011

In 1974 as he neared the end of his life, playwright Terence Rattigan wrote a script for the BBC about Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario whose Ballets Russes produced one of the greatest dancers of all time: Nijinsky.

This week's new theatre 2011

Later, in St. Petersburg, Russia, he encountered progressive attitudes along with an appreciation for folkloric themes when he enrolled in the school run by the mystic/archaeologist/poet/painter Nicholas Roerich best known for designing Sergei Diaghilev's original production of "The Rite of Spring".

Beyond Fragile Fantasies Karen Wilkin 2011