“Sleeping Beauty”
Ballet Costume Designs (1921) by Leon Bakst (1866-1924), Russian painter, scene & costume designer for the Ballets Russes.

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Léon Bakst, born in 1866, is best known for his colourful costume and set designs for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

‘The Sleeping Beauty: The Princess and the Court Fall Asleep for a Hundred Years’ by Léon Bakst (1866–1924) 📸

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The original ballet adaptation of 'Scheherazade' premiered in 1910 by the Ballets Russes. The Ballet Russes' 'Scheherazade' is known for its costumes, opulent scenery,and erotic choreography and narrative which was rarely seen in ballets of the time
🎨Léon Bakst

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Black Swan inspired drawing.... Swan Lake is one of my all time favorite ballets.

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Vaslav Nijinsky in 1911 as Petrouchka, a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1911 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company.

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1889.3.12~1950.4.8🎂💐🌟🎈
バレエ・リュス時代の貴重な映像
https://t.co/XxbEt2WRbT
Les Ballets Russes de Nijinsky
🎬ディリリとパリの時間旅行にも
伝説のプロデューサー, セルゲイ・
ディアギレフ氏と共にご登場。

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My character Lyov, performing his heart out in a ballets lead role. 💕 (I really had fun drawing this one!)

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[The Swan Lake]

I really love musicals and ballets since forever, so I wanted to do a tributed to one of my favourites shows, Princess tutu.

I wanted to play with the composition this time because... symmetry fits with ballet and it elegance!

Hope you like it♥

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Série plage !
Picasso, "Deux femmes courant sur la plage", 1922.
Incroyable mouvement, extraordinaire vitalité pour ce petit format 32 x 41 cm.

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Happy 200th Birthday! Lucile Grahn – the first to dance the title role in Bournonville's La Sylphide (when she was 16!) – was born 200 years ago today. In London, Perrot created ballets Eoline and Kaya for her in 1845 as well as the divertissement Pas de quatre.

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Finally made it to see the last day of exhibition Especially enjoyed her paintings inspired by dance, costumes and set designs for ballets and soft bodily sculptures.

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The Art Gallery's Matisse & Ballets Russes exhibition closes this Sat 27 April! Did you know Matisse first tried cut-outs while designing sets for the Ballets Russes in 1920? He returned to the medium in his old age - see beautiful examples in the gallery!
https://t.co/uUgz6c9OBW

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Ruth St. Denis was an American modern dancer, known for her mysticism, spiritualism and Orientalism-She enacted as Radha. remember also came to India & performed ballets based on Indian Themes collaborated with Indian dance called oriental dance

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Back by popular demand! Our Bite-size Talks on the Diaghilev's Ballets Russes exhibition sold out so fast our heads were spinning! But you're in luck - there's another chance to see it on Fri 5 April at 1pm - get in quick
https://t.co/PCSZRi7Chs

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Still time to visit the Matisse: Drawing with Scissors & Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes Exhibition, on at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum on now until 27th April. https://t.co/jV8nwdAsU5

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バレエを習い初めてあっという間にトゥシューズで舞うようになった親友の娘ちゃん、パンパステルで描いてみました。
https://t.co/UKB1RKP0os

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