THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE BALLETS RUSSES
September 23rd 2010 23:30
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V&A
Link: www.vam.ac.uk/
Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929
25 September 2010 - 9 January 2011
Book Tickets
This major autumn exhibition explores the world of the influential artistic director Serge Diaghilev and the most exciting dance company of the 20th century, the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev imaginatively combined dance, music and art to create 'total theatre'. A consummate collaborator, he worked with Stravinsky, Chanel, Picasso, Matisse and Nijinsky.
Diaghilev's dramatic performances transformed dance, reawakening interest in ballet across Europe and America. Celebrating the company's key period of activity, this major exhibition reveals Diaghilev's enduring influence on 20th-century art, design and fashion and includes more than 300 objects including giant theatre cloths, original costumes, set designs, props and posters by artists and designers including Léon Bakst, Georges Braque and Natalia Goncharova. These tell the story of a company which began in the social and political upheaval of pre-Revolutionary Russia and went on to cause a sensation with exotic performances that had never been seen before.
Supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The Linbury Trust.
DIAGHILEV AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE BALLETS RUSSES 1909-1929 opens on 25 September 2010 at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The V&A Shop's accompanying range of saleable items features exclusive commissions with fashion designer Erdem, Professeur des Parfums Roja Dove and Georgia-born design duo TATA-NAKA. To celebrate the opening, the V&A Shop are giving away an exclusive 'Firebird' t-shirt and a pair of tickets to see the exhibition. Check it out at their website HERE.
25 September 2010 - 9 January 2011
Book Tickets
This major autumn exhibition explores the world of the influential artistic director Serge Diaghilev and the most exciting dance company of the 20th century, the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev imaginatively combined dance, music and art to create 'total theatre'. A consummate collaborator, he worked with Stravinsky, Chanel, Picasso, Matisse and Nijinsky.
Diaghilev's dramatic performances transformed dance, reawakening interest in ballet across Europe and America. Celebrating the company's key period of activity, this major exhibition reveals Diaghilev's enduring influence on 20th-century art, design and fashion and includes more than 300 objects including giant theatre cloths, original costumes, set designs, props and posters by artists and designers including Léon Bakst, Georges Braque and Natalia Goncharova. These tell the story of a company which began in the social and political upheaval of pre-Revolutionary Russia and went on to cause a sensation with exotic performances that had never been seen before.
Supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The Linbury Trust.
DIAGHILEV AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE BALLETS RUSSES 1909-1929 opens on 25 September 2010 at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The V&A Shop's accompanying range of saleable items features exclusive commissions with fashion designer Erdem, Professeur des Parfums Roja Dove and Georgia-born design duo TATA-NAKA. To celebrate the opening, the V&A Shop are giving away an exclusive 'Firebird' t-shirt and a pair of tickets to see the exhibition. Check it out at their website HERE.
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