So, you have amassed 30 hours of rare film clips and 135 hours of taped interviews. You can take the easy way out and produce a bland niche documentary about the surviving dancers from a legendary ...

If you were really somebody in Paris at the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du printemps" ("The Rite of Spring"), you weren't just in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. You were in the car ...

Performances in N.Y.C. An exhibition at the Morgan, drawn from its collection of musical manuscripts, sheds light on one of the most collaborative periods in dance. A page from Stravinsky’s autograph ...

How did Nijinsky, one of the greatest dancers of all time, with reports of astonishing elevation, amazing, floating jumps, how did he get in the air when wearing a costume made out of silk, satin, ...

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, ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A dance enthusiast has discovered what London's Victoria & Albert Museum said on Monday was the only known film footage of a Diaghilev Ballets Russes dance performance. The silent, ...

Alexey Brodovitch, the transformative art director of Harper’s Bazaar, made one book, “Ballet,” a photographic landmark that has been reprinted for its 80th anniversary. By Philip Gefter An exhibition ...

5 x 4 cm. (2 x 1.6 in.) Ella Naper (1886-1972); Maryella Pigott (niece of Ella Naper), by descent from the above; Lay’s Auctioneers, Cornwall, 18 Jan 2024, lot 17, consigned by the above; Charles ...