Ballet russe

A design for "Queen of the Night"[/caption] Nineteenth century Russia was restless, and so was Léon Bakst. The young man belonged to a new generation of creatives, one ready to turn Realism on its head with one flick of a bejewelled, utterly fabulous wrist. Today, his name is "a byword for excite

If you are taken with the flair in which Phryne Fisher wears the glamorous coats in the PBS series Ms. Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, or relished in the flamboyant entrance of Shirley MacLaine’s character Martha Levinson in Downton Abbey, then you owe your adoration to Paul Poiret. If you dream of possessing a Cocoon Coat

Costume designed by Giorgio de Chirico for a Sylph in George Balanchine's ballet Le Bal for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1929.

Tamara Karsavina in the costume worn as the title role in The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu), 1910. Bakst's original design for the role of the Firebird, 1910. Four studio portraits of Karsavina in the role of the Firebird. Vaslav Nijinsky in costume for la danse siamoise from Les Orientales, 1910. The costume is also by Bakst. Two sketches of Nijinsky by Blanche. Nijinsky posing in the painter's studio, photographed by Blanche. Four photographs by Eugène Druet, taken in Blanche's garden in…

Vicente Palmaroli -Ballerina (detail)-1880s

Are these the greatest ballet dancers of the last 100 years? World-famous ballerina Deborah Bull thinks so. She explains her choices below.

Celebrating 2018 as the Year of Ballet in Russia, it’s worth paying hommage to the outstanding people who devoted their lives to the exceptional art of Russian ballet, and who spread its glory across the globe.