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Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: Twenty Years That Changed the World of Art
Introduction
The First Season
The Fokine Era
Vaslav Nijinsky
Léonide Massine
Bronislava Nijinska
George Balanchine
Composers in Focus
Iconic Designs
Prima Ballerinas
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The First Season - Paris 1909
Le Pavillon d’Armide
Scene and costume designs by Alexandre Benois for
Le Pavillon d’Armide.
Portrait by David Morris of Vaslav Nijinsky as the Slave in
Le Pavillon d’Armide
The Polovtsian Dances
Costume design by Nicholas Roerich for
The Polovtsian Dances
from the opera
Prince Igor
Les Sylphides
La Nuit d’Égypte
Cléopâtre
Figurine of Michel Fokine and Vera Fokina in the ballet
Cléopâtre
Hand-colored print of a scene from
Cléopâtre
Photograph of Lubov Tchernicheva in the ballet
Cléopâtre
Le Festin
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