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In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes burst onto the world stage in Paris and dance was changed forever. Nijinksky, Stravinsky, Bakst, Pavlova…the talent Diaghilev nurtured in every sphere was stratospheric, and today’s celebrities pale to nothing in comparison. Achingly glamorous, tempestuous and iconoclastic, they broke free from the constraints of the Russian Imperial Ballet and the world responded with worship and, in 1913, riots. 2010 will see a major retrospective of the Ballet Russes art and design at the Victoria and Albert Museum to celebrate the centenary year.

TopFoto has a huge selection on the Ballet Russes’s vibrant history, but in this gallery we mainly focus on the period to Diaghilev’s death in 1929.

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hip0022885 - Iskander‘, costume design for the ballet ‘La Peri‘ c.1913 ©Art Media / HIP / TopFoto
rv1042-16 - Vaslav Nijinsky in ” The blue God ” 1912 ©Harlingue / Roger-Viollet / TopFoto
rv1294-6 - Serge Diaghilev © Roger-Viollet / TopFoto

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