It was in 1909 that Sergei Diaghilev stunned Paris with the first performances of his Ballets Russes, and today the It was in 1909 that Sergei Diaghilev stunned Paris with the first performances of ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. 1. In 1909, Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev founds a dance company, Les Ballets Russes, in Paris.

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 The most recent reassessment of the ...

In Terrence McNally’s Fire and Air, the Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev says, “I invented the 20th century.” He’s not far off. Diaghilev’s Paris-based Ballets Russes was central to the ...

In 1909, the Russian impresario came to Paris and created a sensation with a company he called the Ballets Russes. A new 22-disc set revisits the music of Diaghilev's legendary ballets. This is FRESH ...

I had the pleasure of interviewing famed ballet dancer George Zoritch in his Tucson home in August 2008. My piece on the native Russian appeared on Dance Magazine‘s online site in February 2009.

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 ...

Five dancers who started their careers in the 1940s redefined dance in the United States, becoming some of the first American prima ballerinas in the world's top companies, from the Ballets Russes to ...

"Ballets Russes" is much more than a specialty item for dance aficionados. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's expertly crafted, years-in-the-making docu takes viewers on an ebullient odyssey from Russia ...