Century Diaghilev's ballet seasons

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Century Diaghilev's ballet seasons, which were a great success for Europe, said Russia and France, exhibitions and theatrical productions.

As told RIA Novosti artist Oleg Kulik, known worldwide for its shares in the form of man-dog, on Saturday at the stage of the Paris Chatelet Theater will premiere its production "Vespers of the Virgin Mary."

Proposal to staging at the same stage, where in 1909 were Russian ballet seasons, caught him during a trip to Tibet, where the artist went traveling, tired of the image of man, dogs, bulls and a worm. "

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Getting Started as a recognized artist, was marked by some confusion - for example, he thought that the Chatelet - a small theater, and he was "like our Big or Mariinsky, with luxury boxes, a grand chandelier and room for 2,5 thousand places.

In addition, several scenarios developed or approved at the presentations, but Conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi said, "Vespers of the Virgin Mary" should listen in the dark and nothing else.

"Then I forgot about myself as an artist, had forgotten about their experiences, came to the theater and sat there in complete darkness, followed by their feelings until they started to see images of the future of the liturgy," - he said.

According to Kulik, his main task as director was to organize a kind of "sacred act" to include the audience to experience "unprecedented emotions until fainting.

Another project is dedicated to the centenary of Diaghilev anterprizy, sell Maris Liepa Foundation and the company Sav Entertainment. "Russian Seasons XXI century", according to the organizers include the modern ballet, drama and opera performances and exhibitions.

The first premiere will be held at the project stage of the Kremlin Palace, February 1 - viewers can see the ballet Nikolai Tcherepnin's "Hall of Artemis", which involved the Bolshoi prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova, the first dancer of the Mariinsky Theater and the actors Michael Lobukhin Theater Kremlevskyi Ballet. In addition, the public will be presented to the ballet by Maurice Ravel's "Bolero", already shown in many countries.

It is planned that in June ballet "Russian Seasons XXI Century" will be shown at the Paris Theater Champs-Elysees.

In the autumn of Monaco will visit Moscow-scale exhibition devoted to Sergei Diaghilev.

According to Deputy Director of the Tretyakov Gallery Lydia Iovleva it - the most important and anticipated project next year, which brings together museums of America, France, Britain and Russia.

The exhibition will showcase the work of Bakst, Benois, Goncharova, Larionov, Roerich, de Chirico and Picasso's sketches of scenery and costumes for ballets, as well as the costumes themselves.

The sensation of the exhibition promises to be preserved curtain for the ballet "Parade", executed by a sketch by Picasso from the collection of the London Museum Victoria and Albert. "

"Russian Seasons" Sergei Diaghilev enjoyed tremendous success in Europe, especially France and Britain. Then Europe embraced the fashion for everything Russian, even in the clothes began to appear the elements of national costume or costumes from the productions.

Above productions for Diaghilev worked Alexandre Benois, Leon Bakst, Mikhail Vrubel, Mikhail Larionov, Valentin Serov, Sergey Rachmaninov, Igor Stravinsky, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, as well as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and many other great artists.