Synopses & Reviews
Successor to Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes where the scenic designer was treated as a full creative partner, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-1962) toured from coast to coast and helped develop an enthusiastic new audience for ballet in America. The approximately 300 designs comprise the largest single collection commissioned between 1938 and 1944, the early period when the company possessed many brilliant dancers and the artistic stewardship of two indelible names of twentieth-century ballet: Leonide Massine, and George Balanchine.
Synopsis
The approximately 300 designs the largest single collection commissioned between 1938 and 1944, the early period when the company possessed many brilliant dancers and the artistic stewardship of two indelible names of twentieth-century ballet.