Digital ID # br0003, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj1. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00)Digital ID # br0046, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj36, In 1989, Bronislava Nijinska’s daughter, Irina Nijinska, supervised the reconstruction of Les Noces for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Bronia dans le Faune, 1912. London: C.W. Digital ID # br0005, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj2. ), Natalia Goncharova. The year 2009 was the centenary of the founding of the Ballets Russes. In later performances Adolph Bolm (1884–1951) danced Fokine’s role of Amoun. 1926. Digital ID # br0023, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj18. (Les Fâcheux: music by Georges Auric; sets, costumes, and curtain by Georges Braque; choreography by Bronislava Nijinska; premiere on January 19, 1924, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. As a dancer, he was admired for his outstanding ballet technique and dramatic onstage presence. Presenting a new, modern vision of dance that frequently drew inspiration from the ancient world, they influenced a generation of contemporaries across the arts. It became one of the most popular ballets produced by the Ballets Russes and was performed more than five hundred times between 1910 and 1929. Digital ID # br0015, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj11, Michael Fokine’s ballet Le Spectre de la Rose featured only two dancers. Music Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00) 1923. Ballets Russes collaborators drew on the histories of Greece, Rome, and Egypt in different ways. Shown is Diaghilev’s notebook with notes for revisions of Balanchine’s The Triumph of Neptune (music by Lord Berners; costumes by Pedro Pruna; choreography by George Balanchine; premiere on December 3, 1926, Lyceum Theatre, London). After the first performance of the Ballets Russes in 1909, Bakst continued to be one of Diaghilev’s primary collaborators. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00) Six weeks later he appeared in his last public performance in Montevideo, Uruguay. ), Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar in Apollon Musagète, ca.1928. He published articles, interviewed its principals, and created posters that featured the dancers Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina. Souvenir program for 1908 performances of Boris Godunov at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris. Bronislava Nijinska was one of the most remarkable figures in the development of twentieth-century choreography. Jean Cocteau (left) and Serge Diaghilev on opening night of Le Train Bleu, June 20, 1924. However, the ballets were so popular with Paris audiences that Diaghilev created a permanent dance company in 1911 with Michel Fokine (1888–1942) as the principal choreographer. The heavy wooden head hangs to one side, and the tragic eyes stare out of the grotesque, still mask of the doll’s face.”, Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrouchka, 1911. French writer and artist Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) fell under the spell of the Ballets Russes during the company’s early visits to Paris. Digital ID # br0024, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj19. For information about NYU's response to COVID-19, please visit: https://www.nyu.edu/coronavirus. (The Magic Toyshop), was performed more than 300 times between 1919 and 1929. (Le Spectre de la Rose: music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz; sets and costumes by Léon Bakst; choreography by Michel Fokine; premiere on April 19, 1911, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. Valentin Serov, Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev, 1904, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. ), Rehearsal photograph of George Balanchine's Le Chant du Rossignol, from an album compiled by Serge Grigoriev, 1925. Spivacke Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00) Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)Digital ID# br0041, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj34, Aurora’s Wedding (also known as Le Mariage de la Belle au Bois Dormant), a twenty-minute, one-act version of the court scenes from the ill-fated production of The Sleeping Princess. The exhibition celebrates Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes (Russian Ballet), the dance company that revolutionized ballet with its sensational fusion of art, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00) (Les Matelots: music by Georges Auric; libretto by Boris Kochno; sets, costumes, and curtain by Pedro Pruna; scene painting by Prince Alexander Schervashidze; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on June 17, 1925, Théâtre de la Gaïté-Lyrique, Paris. Among the many artists associated with the Ballets Russes, only Nijinsky became a celebrity and a legend. Dance is an art passed down through lived, embodied traditions, and despite the richness of our sources and all that we can learn from them, from a purely formal perspective ancient dance is a lost art. Our public programming has moved online for the 2020-21 academic year, as listed under Events. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00)Digital ID # br0055, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj41, Le Train Bleu examined Bronislava Nijinska’s view of the shallowness of modern love. Exhibition Studio Workshop, Chelsea College of Arts, March 2020. (Les Noces: music by Igor Stravinsky; sets and costumes by Natalia Gontcharova, choreography by Bronislava Nijinska; premiere on June 13, 1923, Théâtre de la Gaïté-Lyrique, Paris. Page 2. (Zéphire et Flora: music by Vladimir Dukelsky [Vernon Duke]); sets and costumes by Georges Braque; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on April 28, 1925, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. The group sought to establish a quintessentially French style of contemporary art music by rejecting foreign influences, most notably that of the German Romantic Richard Wagner, as well as the musical impressionism of their compatriot Claude Debussy. ), Vaslav Nijinsky as the Rose in Le Spectre de la Rose, 1911. Bronislava Nijinska danced the part of the Siamese Butterfly. This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue were made possible by generous support from the Selz Foundation, The New York Community Trust–LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund, Anne H. Bass, the Evelyn Sharp Foundation, and the Leon Levy Foundation. ), Adolph Bolm as Amoun in Cléopâtre, ca. LES BALLETS RUSSES (exhibition catalogue) 2021 Joint Fundraiser for Ballet Alert! Watercolor. Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00) Visitors to the exhibition can trace the story of the Ballet Russes as they wander through the 150 exquisite costumes and accessories which will largely … . The documentary exhibition Léon Bakst: Symbol Of The Ballets Russes is a unique occasion to admire at the Palazzo Cini in Venice, from October 5 to November 19, 2018, the first-ever Italian display entirely devoted to the brilliant set and costume designer for the Ballets Russes (curators professors Maria Ida Biggi and Natalia Metelitsa). Digital ID # br0012, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj9, With its exotic and colorful décor and cast of harem wives and slaves, Schéhérazade was considered the epitome of Diaghilev’s Orientalism. Digital ID # br0028, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj23. Receipt for Vaslav Nijinsky’s performances in Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 1917. Why did European avant-garde artists look to the past at the beginning of the twentieth century? If I had submitted to his direction I would have dislocated every joint in my body and would have been transformed into a maimed marionette!” Shown here are some of Nijinsky’s notes for the choreography, in his own hand. Digital ID # br0019, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj14, Italy was one of Diaghilev’s favorite destinations for inspiration, and the ballet Pulcinella was the second that resulted from his visits. For the next twenty years, the company cultivated an extraordinary group of emerging choreographers, composers, and artists, who collaborated to produce the first great ballet classics of the twentieth century. The difficulty lay in confining the dance to such a small space.” The dancers in the original cast were two of the most admired dancers of the early twentieth century: Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina. Costume design for a courtier in The Sleeping Princess, 1921. The V&A holds the largest collection of Ballets Russes costumes in the world. Ballets Russes: the art of costume includes costumes by Natalia Goncharova, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Georges Braque, André Masson and Giorgio de Chirico. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)Digital ID# br0040, Bronislava Nijinska’s choreographic notes for The Sleeping Princess, 1921. Ballets Russes. Cast of “Polovtsian Dances” in act 2 from the opera Prince Igor, with choreography by Michel Fokine, 1923. He joined the Ballets Russes in 1914 as a dancer and created eighteen works for the company between 1915 and 1928. USA.gov, Serge Diaghilev and His World: A Centennial Celebration of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909–1929. During her tenure with the company she choreographed nine ballets and numerous operas for Diaghilev. Jobs | Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00) “Nijinsky wanted the impossible. Alexandra Danilova Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00) In 1908, Diaghilev returned to Paris to present six performances of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov—the opera’s first performance outside Russia. 1912. After completing his secondary school studies in Perm, Russia, Serge Diaghilev traveled throughout Europe and developed his interest in visual arts. 1910. Digital ID # br0036, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj31. ), Adolph Bolm and Tamara Karsavina in Schéhérazade, no date. In this 1913 print, Nijinsky is shown in the role of the Golden Slave with Ida Rubinstein as Zobéïde in Fokine’s Schéhérazade. (Les Biches: music by Francis Poulenc; sets, costumes, and curtain by Marie Laurencin; choreography by Bronislava Nijinska; premiere on January 6, 1924, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. Nijinsky rejoined the company in the summer of 1917 for a tour of Spain and South America, but refused to dance unless paid—in cash—prior to each performance. Serge Diaghilev’s notebook, 1926–1929. With artists Léon Bakst (1866–1924) and Alexandre Benois (1870–1960), he cofounded the journal Mir iskusstva (The World of Art) in 1898. Digital ID # br0008, Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/ballets-russes/exhibition-items.html#obj6. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00) Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev, 1904, State Russian Museum, St.,! 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