In the decades between its debut performance in Paris in 1909 and
the death of impresario Sergei Diaghilev in 1929, the Ballets
Russes was an unrivalled sensation not only in France but in
London, New York and the other cities it toured. Attention has
often been centred on the links between Diaghilev's troupe and
modernist art and music, but there has been surprisingly little
written concerning the Ballets' role in tastemaking and
trendsetting. Ballets Russes Style reveals for the first time the
full extent of the ensemble's influence on haute couture. The
Ballets Russes' seasons were an exciting laboratory for ambitious
cultural experiments, often grounded in the aesthetic confrontation
of those great designers, artists and composers who travelled with
the troupe from St Petersburg - Leon Bakst, Alexandre Benois and
Igor Stravinsky among them - and Paris's avant-garde, which
included Picasso, Satie, Matisse, Debussy and Ravel. The ensemble
brought the stage and everyday life into creative contact with each
other, most noticeably in the world of fashion. In its heyday, the
Ballets Russes was a potent force in defining Paris Style, bringing
the work of great designers such as Jeanne Paquin and Coco Chanel
to the stage, and creating sensibilities that resonated in the
collections of couturiers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent
and beyond. Beautifully illustrated and drawing on unpublished
images and memorabilia, this book illuminates the ways in which
innovations by the Ballets Russes in dance, music, sets and costume
both mirrored and invigorated contemporary culture.
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