Diaghilev Collection

Ballet / Firebird 1914
An elaborately dressed woman with a firebird on her hand: a design influenced by the recent Diaghilev ballet, with music by Stravinsky

Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso
Two of the Andalusian dancers (Rojas and El Tejero) performing the Cuadro Flamenco - during the Ballet Russes performabce by Diaghilev at the Princes Theatre

Diaghilev Photo Sacha
SERGEY PAVLOVICH DIAGHILEV Russian Art critic and impresario. A key figure in producing the Ballet Russes

La Rubia de Jerez, Mate y Maria de Albaicin and Mate El Sin Pies performing the Cuadro Flamenco, a suite of Andalusian dances which form a key part of Diaghilevs Ballets Russes performance at Princes

The dancer Nikitina in Zephyr and Flora, a Diaghileff ballet, London, 1926 Date: 1926

A scene from Diaghileffs Petroushka from a performance in London, 1926 with choreography by Fokine, decor by Benois and music by Stravinsky Date: 1926

Diaghilevs scene Les Matelots from a performance in London, 1926. Scenery and costumes by Pruna Date: 1926

Theodore Kosloff and Vera Fredowa, the principal characters in Scheherazade performed in 1927 in the Hollywood Bowl Date: 1928

Anton Dolin, the English ballet dancer who had appeared at Covent Garden with the Diaghileff Ballet, 1929 Date: 1929

A scene from the Diaghileff ballet companys production of The Prodigal Son, London, 1929 with Felia Doubrovska and Serge Lilar Date: 1929

Early successes of the Russian ballet presetned
Early successes of the Russian ballet presented in Europe by Diaghileff: Les Sylphides (top - 1909 in Paris) and Le Pavilion d Armide (bottom - 1909 Paris). Decor by Alexander Benois Date: 1931

A suite of Andalusian dances - Cuadro Flamenco performed during the Interlude of the performance of Diaghilevs Ballet Russes at the Princes Theatre, London

Russian ballet, The Cat by Saugue, Felix de Gray
Impression by Felix de Gray of a scene from the Russian ballets performance of The Cat by Saugues, performed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the summer of 1929. Date: 1929

Ballet Les Sylphides, performed by the Diaghilevs Ballets Russes after the choreography by Mikhail Fokin. Watercolour by Ernst Oppler (1925). Watercolour

Oriel Ross by Madame Yevonde
Oriel Ross (Muriel Swinstead, 1907-1994), actress, by Madame Yevonde. In 1928 she appeared in the role of Nature in Diaghilevs Ballet Ode at His Majestys Theatre

Vera Fokina, Russian ballet dancer
Vera Fokina (nee Antonova, 1886-1958), Russian ballet dancer, wife of Mikhail Fokine. In 1914 she was dancing in a Russian season at Drury Lane, London. Date: July 1914

Russian Season in Paris: Cleopatra
The Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra in the Paris season of 1909; she was part of the Ballet Russes company, founded by Sergei Diaghilev

If the Russian Ballet were to go red
Russian ballet. The ballet, particularly their costumes by Diaghilev, caused a sensation in London during the 1920 s, influencing everything from interior decor to fashion

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