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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Léon Bakst, “Costume Design for Tamara Karsavina as Chloé” for Daphnis et Chloé (ca. 1912), graphite and tempera and/or watercolor on paper. 17.5×11.1 inches (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, ...

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 ...

An exhibition at the Morgan, drawn from its collection of musical manuscripts, sheds light on one of the most collaborative periods in dance. By Alice Courtright Two dances at Baryshnikov Arts Center ...

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, ...

Igor Stravinsky is most famous for his ballets. His music is linked to the Ballet Russes and the choreographer George Balanchine. But not everything he wrote was meant for professional dancers. The ...

At first glance, the season might seem ordinary – Omnibus programmes from the 1960s and 1970s, talking heads, di-dah di-dah. But don’t be fooled. Pritchard has laced these old favourites, many ...

Jarvis Conservatory presents the film “Ballets Russes,” featuring the Opera de Paris Ballet, on Saturday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. At the beginning of the last century, Serge Diaghilev’s ...

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 ...