He lived through bankruptcy, war, revolution, and exile. Growing up in a minor noble family in remote Perm, he would become a central figure in the artistic worlds of Paris, London, Berlin, and Madrid during the golden age of modern art. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Healthįeaturing an eight-page gallery of full-color illustrations, here is a major new biography of Serge Diaghilev, founder and impresario of the Ballets Russes, who revolutionized ballet by bringing together composers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev, dancers and choreographers such as Nijinsky and Karsavina, Fokine and Balanchine, and artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Bakst, and Goncharova.Īn accomplished, flamboyant impresario of all the arts, Diaghilev became a legendary figure.The European Society of Cardiology Series.
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