Diaghilev & Serge Lifar1920s

Serge Diaghilev’s “Ballet Russe”

1909-1929

The Early StarsKarsavina

<< Fokine Nijinsky

The Diaghilev Ballet

Giselle

Le Carnaval

Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor” Paris 1909

Les SylphidesFokine/Chopin

Paris 1909

Tamara Karsavina

Imperial Ballet tutus 1880-1912 [all the same except the overskirt]

<< La Fille du Pharon [modern production]

note classic tutu/ ”local dress” contrast.

A costume for a Fokine ballet >>

THE NEED FOR REFORM

INCLUDED COSTUMES

FirebirdFokine/Stravinsky

Paris 1910Karsavina’s costume – Bakst’s design

FirebirdKarsavina/Fokine

Schéhérazade – 1910 Fokine/Rimsky-Korsakov/Bakst

Nijinsky Fokine/Fokina

Le Dieu Bleu: 1911 Vaslav Nijinsky

Petrushka 1911 Fokine/Stravinsky/Benois

Le Spectre de la Rose: 1911 Nijinsky/Karsavina

Vaslav Nijinsky

Le Spectre de la Rose Le Dieu Bleu Jeux1911 1911 1913

Leon Bakst designs

Daphnis & Chloe Afternoon of the Faun Schéhérazade 1912 1912 1910

L’Après-Midi d’un Faun1912Nijinski/Debussy

NijinskyLE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS 1913 Stravinsky/Roerich

Le TricorneMassine/de Falla/Picasso

1919

Bronislava Nijinska’sLES NOCES – 1923Music: Stravinsky

Nijinska & the Diaghilev Ballet in 1924

Le Train Bleu >>

Les Biches

Le Pas d‘Acier << La Chatte

1927Two of Diahilev’s experiments with modern themes

Balanchine APOLLO MUSAGETE1928Music: Stravinsky

Balanchine APOLLO MUSAGETE

Balanchine – PRODIGAL SON 1929Prokofiev / Rouault

Balanchine – PRODIGAL SON 1929