Diaghilev ballet biography

The avant-garde Diaghilev did not have a direct attitude to art, but he attracted Sergey Pavlovich Avangardists, on March 19, on March 19, on March 19, the villagers of the Novgorod province-on August 19, Venice was born in a noble family. In childhood, he lived in St. Petersburg, then in Perm, at I. Diaghilev, uncles on his paternal line, philanthropist and founder of the musical circle.

In, after the end of the gymnasium, Diaghilev returned to St. Petersburg, the organizational activity of Diaghilev began at the end of X, with the end of the law faculty of the university. In together with A. Benois, he creates the art association “The World of Art” and begins the publication of the magazine of the same name in the magazine as an editor and as an author.

Soon, advanced artistic forces - in search of a new expressive language and confrontation between the socially oriented art of the Wanderers - united under the auspices of the "world of art". The arrangement of exhibitions is a special sphere in which Diaghilev was a pioneer, the creator of a new development vector.

His priority was to overcome the boundaries between Russian and European art. The first step was the “Exhibition of Modern English and German Waterlists” was then followed by the “Exhibition of Scandinavian Artists” and “Exhibition of Russian and Finland artists” Diaghilev was the first to show Europe a wide panorama of Russian art - from icons to contemporary artists - in the autumn salon, see Diaghilev’s ballet activity, including his work on the “Horseshoe,” Imperial theaters ”, and the first production was the balvia“ Sylvia ”Leo Deliba.

SO Diaghilev leads the "Russian Seasons" - the annual tour of Russian performers and artists in Europe. Of the artists, the mainly miriscus were involved, and from the avant -garde - N. Goncharova, see Larionov and N. The troupe “Russian Ballet Diaghilev” was created, which worked to the death of its founder. In the end, Diaghilev invites Goncharov to arrange the Ballet Opera “The Golden Cockerel” in the Paris Opera, for which in May, along with M.

Larionov, she is in Paris. The second and last departure from Russia Goncharova and Larionov July is also associated with the proposal of Diaghilev - this time already both artists to work for “Russian ballets”. Larionov recalled Diaghilev with gratitude: “Diaghilev was considered a model of artistic taste strongly among all artistic youth, without distinction of the direction of their art.

He always felt surprisingly when exactly and what to say or show. Masterpieces from the Parisian heritage. About Diaghilev also see I: Ballet. Literature: S. Diaghilev and Russian art. Zilrstein, V. Russian seasons in Paris. Diaghilev and the musical theater of the XX century. Sergey Diaghilev or the backstage history of the Russian ballet.