Diaghilev : a life / Sjeng Scheijen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheijen, Sjeng, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impresarios--Russia--Biography.

Ballet dancers--Russia--Biography.

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (569 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Featuring an eight-page gallery of full-color illustrations, here is a major new biography of Serge Diaghilev, founder and impresario of the Ballets Russes, who revolutionized ballet by bringing together composers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev, dancers and choreographers such as Nijinsky and Karsavina, Fokine and Balanchine, and artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Bakst, and Goncharova. An accomplished, flamboyant impresario of all the arts, Diaghilev became a legendary figure. Growing up in a minor noble family in remote Perm, he would become a central figure in the artistic worlds of Paris,

Contents:

Contents; Translators' Note; Introduction: Death in Venice; 1 A Big Head, 1872-1880; 2 The Fruits of Enlightenment, 1879-1890; 3 Rise and Fall, 1890-1891; 4 Student Years: A Visit to Tolstoy, 1891-1893; 5 Student Years: Alexandre Benois, 1890-1894; 6 'The Serge Diaguileff Museum': St Petersburg, Rome, Genoa, Paris, 1894-1896; 7 Charlatan and Charmer, 1895-1898; 8 'I'm full of big plans!', 1897-1898; 9 The World of Art, 1898-1900; 10 The Sylvia Debacle, 1900-1902; 11 The Hour of Reckoning, 1902-1905; 12 The 'Homosexual Clique', 1906-1907; 13 Tsar Boris and Tsar Sergey, 1907-1908

14 The Rise of the Ballets Russes, 1908-190915 Bakst and the Art of Seduction, 1909-1910; 16 Emergence of a Genius, 1910-1911; 17 Petrushka, 1911-1912; 18 Prelude to a Scandal, 1911-1912; 19 A Year of Risky Experiments, 1912-1913; 20 Time of Troubles, 1913-1914; 21 'Let us be resolute and energetic', 1914-1915; 22 A Parade of Revolutions, 1915-1917; 23 A Letter from Nouvel, 1917-1919; 24 To the Brink of Catastrophe, 1919-1922; 25 A Lifeline from Monte Carlo, 1922-1924; 26 The Soviet Union Strikes Back, 1924-1927; 27 The Final Curtain, 1928-1929; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits

Author's AcknowledgementsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-73618-3

9786612736186

0-19-977445-5

OCLC:

651602021