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Hymn to Apollo - The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes (Paperback)
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Hymn to Apollo - The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes (Paperback)
Series: Institute for the Study of Ancient World Exhibition Catalogs
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In the ancient world, dance was used to express important truths
about the human condition, and this significance can still be seen
today in representations of dancers in ancient art. Sculpture,
relief carving, vase painting, and other visual media offer a
glimpse of the function of dance in antiquity. In the modern era,
the Ballets Russes, a Paris-based collective established by Sergei
Diaghilev (1872-1929), revolutionized dance and revived European
and American interest in ballet, in part by drawing on notions of
dance from the ancient world. Ballets Russes choreographers,
designers, and collaborators looked to ancient culture for subjects
and themes, and for a notion of dance as an expressive art form
integrated with ritual. Hymn to Apollo explores the role of dance
in ancient art and culture and how artists of the Ballets Russes
returned to the past as a source for modern expression. Thematic
essays and lavish illustrations present a fresh perspective on
ancient artifacts, and watercolors, illustrations, sketchbooks,
photographs, costumes, and other archival Ballets Russes material
show how artists turned to the ancient world to create something
new. Contributors include John Bowlt, Rachel Herschman, Kenneth
Lapatin, and F. G. Naerebout. Distributed for the Institute for the
Study of the Ancient World at New York University Exhibition Dates:
March 6-June 2, 2019
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