ballet russe - ballet russe de monte carlo

ballet russe de montecarlo

tamara geva, lubov tchernicheva, alice nikitina & alexandra danilova with serge lifar as the telegraph boy in la pastorale, 1926

le train bleu, stage frontcloth by picasso for the diaghilev ballet russes, 1924

léonide massine as pulcinella in pulcinella, photographed by e.o. hoppe, 1920 

anna Ppavlova in costume for russian dance, london, ca.1910

alexandra danilova and serge lifar in apollon musagète, ca. 1928

lubov tchernicheva in thamar, ballets russes, ca. 1930s

chatelet gran de saison de paris, ballet russe by jean cocteau

michel fokine and tamara karsavina in the firebird, ca. 1910

mikhail mordkin, diaghilev’s ballet russe dancer photographed by nickolas muray, 1922 

ballet russe de monte carlo 1939-1940 season. 

souvenir program by henri matisse

andre eglevsky &  jeannette lauret in shéhérazade, ballet russe de monte carlo 

mikhail fokine & vera fokina in carnaval 

music by robert schumann, choregraphy by mikhail fokine, design by léon bakst, ca. 1910

costume for cléopâtre in the ballets russes production of cléopâtre, 1918

 roméo et juliette, costume design by joan miró, ca. 1926

jean cocteau’s ballet le train blue,  costumes by coco chanel, 1924

léonide massine and alexandra danilova in le pas d'acier by diaghilev's ballets russes, paris, france, photographed by sasha, 1927

valentina koshuba in les noces petrouchka, photographed by edward steichen, may 1929

hand programme for the 1941-42 season of the ballet russes de monte carlo,  cover by salvador dalí

vaslav nijinski,  les orientales,  la danse siamoise, 1910

serge lifar, icare, photographed by boris lipnitzki, 1935

loïe fuller

by frederick glasier, 1902

by jules cheret for folies-bergère

sketched by henri toulouse-latrec, 1892

danse serpentine recorded in 1896 by the lumiere brothers. each frame was hand painted to

simulate the "electronic light" show that fuller performed onstage using 16 electricians who switched colored lights by her signs. 

(this video is from the library of congress who labels it as loïe fuller.....there are many who think it is not her. no idea if it is or isn't but .... so mesmerizing!)

loïe fuller (1862 - 1928) was born in chicago. she was a pioneer of modern dance as well as theatrical lighting techniques. she was experimenting with different colored gas lighting on silk as early as the 1890s. she held many patents for stage lighting, including the first chemical mixes for gels & slides & the first use of luminescent salts to create lighting effects.

by 1892 she had moved to france & was was a regular performer at the folies bergère & her work became the embodiment of the art nouveau movement.

bolshoi theater

bolshoi theater photographed by benjamin alexander huseby for acne paper nº 12, the youth issue, summer 2011.

janie taylor for chloé

new york city ballet principal janie taylor wearing chloé's spring/summer 2011 collection & choreographer & corps de ballet member justin peck directed by bon duke.

one night only

if you are in los angeles don't miss this event!

mikhail baryshnikov performs for one evening only in los angeles this monday, june 7, as a benefit for the merce cunningham dance company and REDCAT (the roy & edna disney/calarts theater). the costumes for the evening were designed by romeo gigli (still love and miss his designs!) and the event is hosted by marisa tomei. a special screening of acclaimed filmmaker charles atlas' with merce will also be shown. tickets for this benefit gala are still available and can be purchased here. what a great way to give back to the arts and see a legendary dancer. i saw him dance once years and years ago and it was magical.

richard and his friends

richard amaro & friends photographed by bruce weber for vogue italia, may 2010.