{"product_id":"diaghilevs-empire-how-the-ballets-russes-enthralled-the-world-paperback","title":"Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRupert Christiansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year at\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amusing and assertive . . . [Christiansen's] delight is infectious.\" --Alexandra Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRupert Christiansen, a renowned dance critic and arts correspondent, presents a sweeping history of the Ballets Russes and of Serge Diaghilev's dream of bringing Russian art and culture to the West.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSerge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, this complex and visionary genius created a new form of ballet defined by artistic integrity, creative freedom, and an all-encompassing experience of art, movement, and music. The explosive color combinations, sensual and androgynous choreography, and experimental sounds of the Ballets Russes were called \"barbaric\" by the Parisian press, but its radical style usurped the entrenched mores of traditional ballet and transformed the European cultural sphere at large. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiaghilev's Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, the publication of which marks the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Diaghilev's birth, is a daring, impeccably researched reassessment of the phenomenon of the Ballets Russes and the Russian Revolution in twentieth-century art and culture. Rupert Christiansen, a leading dance critic, explores the fiery conflicts, outsize personalities, and extraordinary artistic innovations that make up this enduring story of triumph and disaster.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRupert Christiansen \u003c\/b\u003eis the dance critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also the dance critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e from 1995 to 2020 and has written on dance-focused subjects for many publications in the United Kingdom and the United States, including \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u0026amp; Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDance Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDance Theatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the opera critic and arts correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e from 1996 to 2020 and is the author of a dozen nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eRomantic Affinities \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCity of Light\u003c\/i\u003e. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997 and lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978487726381,"sku":"9781250872531","price":22.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/yvlZDg9jPa9781250872531.webp?v=1775805442","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/diaghilevs-empire-how-the-ballets-russes-enthralled-the-world-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}