Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe

Designer Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
 Publisher Metropolitan Ballet Company, Inc. American
 Subject of book Ballet Russe

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Founded by Sergei Diaghilev in Paris in 1909, the Ballets Russes dance company (sometimes referred to in the singular) reinvigorated classical ballet with innovative productions featuring the work of avant-garde choreographers, composers, and designers. This souvenir program, produced for the company’s performances at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House in 1916, is illustrated by Léon Bakst, who designed the sets and costumes for many of the Ballets Russes’s early productions.

Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)

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Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)

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