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russische Taenzerin aus dem Ballett 'Scheherezade'<br>(Diaghilew - Ballett)<br><br>- veroeffentlicht in BIZ 2 / 1912<br>Foto: Bert Paris<br><english> russian dancer shows the ballett &quotSheherezade" - 1912 </english>
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1911<br><br>Vaslav Nijinski in &quotLe Spectre de la Rose". Fokine's ballet created by Diaghilev's Russian Ballets. Paris, on 1911.
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1909<br><br>Vaslav Nijinski (1890-1950), Russian dancer, in &quotLe Pavillon d'Armide" of Michel Fokine. Serge de Diaghilev's Russian ballets. On 1909.
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1911<br><br>Vaslav Nijinski and Tamara Karsavina in &quotLe Spectre de la Rose". Fokine's ballet created by Diaghilev's Russian Ballets. Paris, on 1911.
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1910<br><br>Vaslav Nijinski in &quotGiselle" (Ist act). Russian ballets of Diaghilev. Paris, 1910.
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1909<br><br>Vaslav Nijinski, and Anna Pavlova in &quotLe Pavillon d'Armide". First season of the Russian ballets. Paris, 1909.
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1909<br><br>Nijinski in &quotLe Pavillon d'Armide", Fokine's ballet created by Serge Diaghilev's Russian Ballets (1909).
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1911<br><br>Poster for the sixth season of the Russian ballets : Vaslav Nijinski in &quotOriental" (ballet of 1910). Paris, 1911.
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Imperial Russian Ballet<br><br>Olga Preobrajenska (1870-1962), russian dancer, in the role of Etre of &quotRaymonda", ballet of Marius Petipa whose she had create the role of Clemence at the theatre Marie of Saint-Petersbourg, in 1898.
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1912<br><br>The greatest dancer in the world. Vaslav Nijinski ( 1889-1950 ) dancer and Russian choreographer, in " The blue God ". Diaghilev's Russian ballets, on 1912. HRL-605161
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PAVLOVA<br>Anna Pavlova<br>Russian Ballerina 1881 - 1931<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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1920<br>Vera Nemtchinova (1899-1984), dancer and Russian educationalist. Paris, about 1920.
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1909<br><br>Louise Mante and Sandrini dancing &quotLe Pavillon d'Armide", during the first season of the Russian Ballets, Paris, in 1909. Painting by Jules Flandrin.
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1928<br>Danilova in &quotOde". Diaghilev Ballets, 1928.
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1925<br>Olga Spessivtseva (1895-1991), Russian dancer.
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PAVLOVA<br>Anna Pavlova<br>Russian Ballerina 1881 - 1931<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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1910<br><br>Olga Spessivtseva (1895-1991), dancer of Diaghilev's Russian ballets.
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1910<br>Nijinski, Russian dancer, in &quotShéhérazade", in the role of the Gold slave. Russian ballets of Diaghilev. Choreography of Fokine. Léon Bakst's costume. On 1910.
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1909<br><br>first Paris season<br><br>Mlle. Tamara Karsavina<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotLe Pavillon D'Armide"<br>17th July 1909
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1895<br><br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br><br>Olga Spessivtseva ( 1895-1991 ), Russian dancer of Diaghilev's ballets, in &quotGiselle".
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1910<br><br>T.Karsavina (title role) and M.Fokine in Firebird, music by Stravinsky
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1921<br><br>A pretty study of Princess Troubetzkaia who is dancing in the Russian Ballet at the Alhambra under the name of Madame Egorowa. Wyndham, Paris<br>29 November 1921
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1929<br>&quotLe Fils prodigue". Felia Doubrovska and Serge Lifar. The Russian Ballet of Diaghilev. Paris, 1929.
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1909<br><br>first Paris season<br><br>M. Koslow the younger<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotLe Pavillon D'Armide"<br>17th July 1909
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1911<br><br>Tamara Karsavina, Russian dancer in &quotLe Spectre de la Rose". Diaghilev's ballet. Paris, 1911.
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1909<br><br>first Paris season<br><br>M. A. Koslow the younger<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotLe Pavillon D'Armide"<br>17th July 1909
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1909<br><br>Mlle. Tamara Karsavina<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotL'Oiseau de Feu" PREMIERED as a full ballet 25 June 1910<br>17th July 1909
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1909<br><br><br>first Paris season<br><br>Mlle. Maria Baldina and M. A. Koslow<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotLe Festin"<br>17th July 1909
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1909<br><br>first Paris season<br><br>Mlle. Maria Baldina and M. A. Koslow<br>Russian Imperial Ballet<br>In &quotLe Festin"<br>17th July 1909
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1905<br><br>Anna Pavlova ( 1882-1931 ), star dancer of the Russian Ballets.
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&quotOde". Russian ballet written by Diaghilev, decor by Pavel Ychelichev. Paris, 1928.
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1929<br><br>" Petrouchka ", Michel Fokine's ballet on Igor Stravinsky's music. From left to right: X, Alexandre Benois, Tamara Karsavina, Serge Diaghilev, Vaslav Nijinski and Serge Lifar. Opera of Paris, 1929. RV-341504
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&quotApollo Musagetes" - And &quotThe House Party": Russian Ballet.<br>The finale of Stravinsky's new ballet, &quotApollo Muagetes": Apollo (M. Lifar) leading the Muses (Mme Nikitina, Tchericheva, and Doubrovska) to parnassus.<br>7 July 1928
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1905<br><br>Tamara Karsavina, prima ballerina of Russian ballets.
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Pavlova<br><br>September 14, 2000. Anna Pavlova, renowned Russian ballerina, will be reburied in January 2001, spokesmen of the Anna Pavlova Charitable Foundation said to a news conference. Pavlova and Victor d'Andre, her husband, were buried in the Golders Green cemetery, London. Victor d'Andre desired to have his and Anna's remains reburied in Russia some day, if only authorities deemed it possible, he said in his will. Anna Pavlova. RIA Novosti photo. B00-65<br><br>ÿØÿà
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Anna Pavlova in 1901, age 20<br><br>died 1931<br>Russian Ballet Dancer <br><br>
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DIAGHILEV<br><br>SERGEIJ DIAGHILEV<br>COMPOSER
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1916<br><br>Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950), Russian dancer, in Denver (USA), with the troupe of Serge Diaghilev's Russian Ballets, on 1916. RV-383735
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DIAGHILEV<br><br>Serge Diaghilev ( 1872-1929 ), organizer of the Russian Ballets. RV-64671
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Helen May - Pavlova's English pupil.<br>1912. The Divine Pavlova (extreme left) directs a dancing class in her home, Ivy House, Hampstead. She had just broken with Diaghilev and by 1913 had formed her own company. Helen May is the child (second from left) leaning on the bar to the right of the painting of Pavlova.<br>©TopFoto / Ken Russell<br>
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1916<br><br>Serge of Diaghilev's Russian Ballets. Denver (United States), 1916. RV-24832
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SOUTHEBY'S SALE OF DIAGHILEV COSTUMES<br>Scala Theatre - London 1968<br>Credit: Royal Academy of Dance / ArenaPAL
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VASLAV NIJINSKY with his wife Romola<br>Circa 1947<br>Russian Ballet Dancer 1890 - 1950<br>
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DIAGHILEV<br><br>Diaghilev and Alfred Seligsberg, juridical consultant of the Metropolitan Opera Co. Photo of after which Picasso made a drawing. paris, vers 1925. Library of the Opera in Paris. RV-870775
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PAVLOVA <br>Anna Pavlova<br>1910<br>Russian Ballerina 1881 - 1931<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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PAVLOVA<br><br>ANNA PAVLOVA <br>in Russian costume<br>Russian Ballerina 1881 - 1931<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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KARSAVINA<br><br>TAMARA KARSAVINA 1911<br>Russian Ballerina 1885 - 1978<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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PAVLOVA<br>1911<br><br>ANNA PAVLOVA and MICHAEL MORDKIN<br>arriving in London in 1911 from The Imperial Russian Ballet<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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1890<br>Léon Bakst ( 1866-1924 ), painter and Russian decorator. RV-28825
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1920<br>Léon Bakst (1866-1924), decorator and Russian painter, in his studio. Paris, about 1920. RV-28823
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Rubinstein<br><br>Miss Ida Rubinstein, Russian Ballet
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Stravinksky<br><br>IGOR STRAVINSKY at work<br>1882 - 1971<br>Russian born composer / conductor / pianist and writer<br>in his studio in Los Angeles<br>Credit: Boosey & Hawkes Collection / ArenaPAL
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Stravinsky
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Fokine<br><br>Vera and Mickail Fokine in the dining room. Mickail was one of the most respected choreographers of the 20th century and the pair were well respected dancers. c1910-20 ©Alland/The Image Works
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1890<br>Leon Bakst (1866-1924), painter and a stage designer, St Petersburg, Russia, 1890. <br>Credit: From the Jewish Chronicle Archive / HIP / TopFoto
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The Rite of Spring - dancers in the ritualistic poses invented by Nijinsky. They had to move with bent knees, feet placed flat on the ground heel first, keeping their heads in profile while still making their bodies face the audience.
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Nijinsky<br><br>Vaslav Nijinsky (The World's Most Famous Dancer)
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Stravinsky<br>Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Igor Stravinsky in 1961 - Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17, 1882 - April 6, 1971) was a Russian-born composer.<br>©2006 John Hedgecoe/TopFoto
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1900<br><br>Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian-born composer, as a young man, c1900. <br>Credit: Ann Ronan Picture Library / HIP / TopFoto
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1903<br><br>Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929), Russian ballet impresario, c1903. <br>Credit: From the Jewish Chronicle Archive / HIP / TopFoto
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STRAVINSKY<br><br>IGOR STRAVINSKY<br>Composer
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1911<br><br>Tamara Karsavina, Russian dancer of Serge Diaghilev's ballets. Paris, 1911.
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Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960), Russian dancer.
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1910<br>Poster for the second season of Diaghilev's Russian ballets in Paris. Léon Bakst, 1910. Bibliothèque de l'Opéra.<br><br>Scheherazade - poster shows the Shah of Persia from the ballet
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Poster for Russian Ballet, Royal Opera, Covent Garden.<br><br>Credit: Michael Diamond / PAL
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1909<br><br>First season. Anna Pavlova.<br><br>Poster of the first presentation of Diaghilev's Russian Ballets, in the Théâtre du Châtelet. Paris, May-June, 1909.
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1910<br>Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinski in &quotLes Sylphides". Russian ballets of Serge de Diaghilev. Cover of &quotComoedia illustré" n° 17. June 1910. RVB-937899
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1909<br><br>L. Bakst. A sketch of the costume of the Jewish dancer Ida Rubinstein in the ballet Cleopatra. 1909 season in Paris. Photo by RIA Novosti. DP85-4583.<br>ÿØÿà
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1911<br><br>Léon Bakst (1866-1924) painting dated 1911<br>Russian costume, set designer, painter<br>Léon Bakst helped revolutionize the role of sets and costumes design in dance. He became internationally famous after his design of Schéhérazade which opened in Paris in June of 1910. - ©2005 TopFoto
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1911<br>Bayadere with Peacock', ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for a Ballets Russes production of 'Le Dieu Bleu' ('The Blue God'), story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Le Dieu Bleu' ('The Blue God'), ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for Nijinsky in a Ballets Russes production of 'Le Dieu Bleu', story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1906<br>'The Downpour', set design for a ballet, 1906. From the Russian State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.<br><br>Russia's Imperial Ballet
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1910<br>The Firebird', costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Stravinsky's ballet 'The Firebird', 1910. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1913<br>Sleeping Beauty', ballet costume design, c1913. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1913<br>The Shah of Persia', costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Scheherazade, c1913. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1910<br>The Firebird', costume design for Tamara Karsavina in Stravinsky's ballet 'The Firebird', 1910. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Design for the performance of Debussy's 'Le Martyre de St Sébastien' ('The Torment of Saint Sebastian') at Paris's Châtelet Theatre. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1913 c<br>Iskander', costume design for the ballet 'La Peri' (music by Paul Dukas), c1913. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Two Bacchantes', costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnin's 'Narcisse', 1911. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Ephebe' (adolescent), costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnin's 'Narcisse', 1911. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1910<br>Eunuch costume design for the ballet 'Scheherazade', 1910. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Danse sacree', costume design for a Ballets Russes production of 'Le Dieu Bleu' ('The Blue God'), 1911. Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Bayadere', costume design for a Ballets Russes production of 'Le Dieu Bleu' ('The Blue God'), 1911. Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1910<br>The Firebird', costume for 'The Firebird', the ballet by lgor Stravinsky, 1910. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From the Museum of Metropolitan Art, New York, USA.
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1921<br>'The Sleeping Beauty Wolf', 1921. Ballet costume design.
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1910<br><br>The Tsarevna, costume design for the Ballets Russes production of Stravinsky's 'The Firebird', 1910. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913).
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1911<br>Peri (Natasha Trouhanova), costume design for the ballet 'La Peri' (music by Paul Dukas), 1911. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913).
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1912<br>The Faun (Nijinsky), costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. Design for Nijinsky's costume in Debussy's ballet 'l'apres-midi d'un faune' ('The Afternoon of a Faun'), the Ballets Russes' production of 1912. Published in 'L'Art Decoraif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913).
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1917<br>Battista, costume design for a comedy by Carol Goldoni, 1917. From the Evergreen House Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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1913<br>Costume design for a ballet by Igor Stravinsky, 1913.
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1911<br>'The High Priest' (Le Grand Prêtre), ballet costume design, 1911. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)<br><br>design for Scheherazade 1910<br><br>Russian costume, set designer, painter<br>Léon Bakst helped revolutionize the role of sets and costumes design in dance. He became internationally famous after his design of Schéhérazade which opened in Paris in June of 1910. - ©2006 TopFoto
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1909<br><br>THE FIREBIRD by Stravinsky<br>Costume Design by Leon Bakst<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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ETUDE by Leon Bakst<br>Costume Design<br>Credit: ArenaPAL
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1914<br>" The king ". Russian ballets. Water-colour of L. Bakst for Joseph's legend. RVB-06935
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1909<br>First season of Diaghilev's Russian Ballets in Paris. Léon Bakst's poster, in 1909. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Opera.<br><br>
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1923<br>Russian ballets. Costumes of Phaedra and deTheseus. Watercolour (1923) of Leon Bakst (1866-1924). RVB-11645
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1910<br>The Russian Ballet. Costumes of young black (on the left) for &quotSchéhérazade" and of Barbizon in &quotAladdin lamp". Watercolours of Léon Bakst (1866-1924).
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1900 c<br>The Imperial Russian Ballet. Costume of the queen for &quotSleeping Beauty" of Petr Ilitch Tchaïkovski. Watercolours of Léon Bakst (1866-1924).
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1900 c<br>Fairy Carabosse', costume design for Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Sleeping Beauty', early 19th century.
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1909<br>Set design for a Ballets Russes production of 'Cleopatra', 1909. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
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1913 c<br><br>Set design for the ballet 'Scheherazade', c1913. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1913<br>Set design for the ballet 'Scheherazade', c1913. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1912<br>The Russian Ballet. Plan of scenery for &quotDaphnis and Chloé", Maurice Ravel's ballet, choreography of Michel Fokine (1912). Watercolours of Léon Bakst (1866-1924).
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1910<br><br>set design for Scheherazade, by Léon Bakst (1866-1924)<br><br>Russian costume, set designer, painter<br>Léon Bakst helped revolutionise the role of sets and costumes design in dance. He became internationally famous after his design of Schéhérazade which opened in Paris in June of 1910. - ©2006 TopFoto
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1913<br>Décor for Debussy's ballet 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune' ('The Afternoon of a Faun'), 1912. Published in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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1911<br>Set design for a Ballets Russes production of 'Le Dieu Bleu' ('The Blue God'), 1911. Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Publised in 'L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst'. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection.
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