Tag Archives: Ballets Russes

I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I Am Indispensable

Posted on November 22, 2021 by maryannadair

“I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I am Indispensable“, is how Russian art critic, patron, and ballet impresario, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, described himself. Sergei Diaghilev was born on 19 March, 1872, in Selishchi. His mother died soon after … Continue reading →

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The Riot of Stravinsky’s Spring

Posted on November 17, 2021 by maryannadair

Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on 17 June, 1882, in Oranienbaum, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 25 miles west of St. Petersburg.  The Stravinsky family was of Polish and Russian heritage, … Continue reading →

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Rayonism + Designs for the Ballets Russes | The Work of Mikhail Larionov

Posted on November 7, 2021 by maryannadair

Avant-garde Russian painter Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was born at Tiraspol, near Odessa, in the Russian Empire on June 3, 1881. In 1898, Larionov entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Isaac Levitan and Valentin Serov. However, he … Continue reading →

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Did Benois’ Part Create a Surge in Diaghilev’s Balletic Art?

Posted on February 21, 2016 by maryannadair

The above portraiture is of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) illustrated by Alexandre Benois over a proscenium arch from which the showman from Petruschka draws the curtains to reveal a scene from Le Pavillion d’Armide, with Petruschka hiding in the corner. Russian … Continue reading →

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