The Ballets Russes and Its World.

Edited by Lynn Garafola and Nancy Van Norman Baer.

New Haven, London, Yale University Press, [1999].
4to, VIII, 419 pp., ill.

In original cloth and pictorial dust jacket.
Near very good condition, lightly rubbed dj, bookstore price sticker to dj back panel.

This book delves into the Ballets Russes and the influential figure of Serge Diaghilev, beginning with Diaghilev's early life, the evolution of his artistic vision, and his collaboration with Igor Stravinsky. It sheds light on previously unknown connections, such as Fernand Léger's involvement with the Ballets Russes, and explores the tensions between modernism and classicism within the company’s productions. The book concludes by examining the legacy of the Ballets Russes in the United States and England, analyzing the impact of companies ranging from Adolph Bolm’s Chicago Allied Arts to George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet. An appendix provides a comprehensive list of the operas and ballets produced by Diaghilev.
The book was edited by Lynn Garafola (b. 1946), a renowned American dance critic and historian widely regarded as a leading authority on the Ballets Russes, and Nancy Van Norman Baer (1944-1998), a curator of theater and dance for Moscow and San Francisco museums.