Korovin has built and has embodied a fundamentally new role for the Bolshoi artist co-author of the play. His innate musicality allowed to correlate features of sound and rhythm. "Colors, chords colors, shapes - that's the task I set myself in the decorative painting Ballet Theater and the Opera" - said the artist himself.

In the Big Korovin discovered previously unknown world of ballet. Working with a choreographer Alexander Gorsky staging of the ballet "Don Quixote", he first refused the traditional stacks and classic hairstyles; violated a symmetrical layout, choosing the diagonal composition, very effort should be the impression of a dynamic action. However, the new artistic solutions seemed too daring and contemporaries in the theater was taken in arms. Painters spoil the scenery; artists Korovinskoe refused to wear costumes - the same ones that later caused delight and amazement abroad.

Whatever the case may be, plays in the creation of which took part Konstantin Korovin, became an event in the history of opera and ballet. In addition to the performances of the Bolshoi Theater, Korovin designed the setting and the Mariinsky Theater, and Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Seasons.

Bringing on the imperial stage that was best in Russian art early twentieth century, the artist opened his incredible for that time, the possibility of decorative design, indicating the direction of the future of scenography.

Significant "Korovinskoe" stage in the history of the Bolshoi Theater in the exhibition illustrate the over three hundred exhibits: sketches of costumes and scenery, costumes, models and paper-prirezki tattoos, made from sketches the artist's students, faculty of the School of Performing studio art theater.

The exhibition illustrated catalog, which, in addition to sketches, are also not included in a display of photographs, which depicted actors in suits "from Konstantin Korovin. By themselves, the unique historical material, they provide an excellent opportunity to evaluate how creative Korovin was embodied on the theatrical stage.

Exhibition organized by the Museum of the Bolshoi Theater with the participation of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, the State Central Theater Museum. AA Bakhrushin State Central Museum of Musical Culture named. MI Glinka, Saint-Petersburg State Museum of Theater and Music.