Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
Book by Rupert Christiansen
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (October 18, 2022) Language : English Hardcover : 384 pages ISBN-10 : 0374139695 ISBN-13 : 978-0374139698 Item Weight : 1.42 pounds Dimensions : 5.8 x 1.3 x 8.9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #22,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Dancer Biographies #15 in French History (Books) #258 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies , A New Yorker Best Book of the Year “Amusing and assertive . . . [Christiansen’s] delight is infectious.” ―Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review Rupert Christiansen, a renowned dance critic and arts correspondent, presents a sweeping history of the Ballets Russes and of Serge Diaghilev’s dream of bringing Russian art and culture to the West. Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution. Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, this complex and visionary genius created a new form of ballet defined by artistic integrity, creative freedom, and an all-encompassing experience of art, movement, and music. The explosive color combinations, sensual and androgynous choreography, and experimental sounds of the Ballets Russes were called “barbaric” by the Parisian press, but its radical style usurped the entrenched mores of traditional ballet and transformed the European cultural sphere at large. Diaghilev’s Empire , the publication of which marks the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Diaghilev’s birth, is a daring, impeccably researched reassessment of the phenomenon of the Ballets Russes and the Russian Revolution in twentieth-century art and culture. Rupert Christiansen, a leading dance critic, explores the fiery conflicts, outsize personalities, and extraordinary artistic innovations that make up this enduring story of triumph and disaster. Read more
REVIEW
Overall it’s a very enjoyable book apart from a few annoying bits. No it’s not true that in GB women wore hats in public until the ‘60s, they may have done in the West End but in the East End that had stopped by the 30’s. There’s a couple more but they are so trivial they’re hardly worth mentioning but are on the same level. A tad more editing required I reckon. Otherwise it’s good and I’m glad I bought it. It’s the slight worry that what else isn’t quite true. I expect later editions will sort any slip ups out. For this reason I’ve docked a star.
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