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Article: Curtain up.(Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Clive Barnes)(Editorial)
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- Dance Magazine
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- February 1, 2009
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Even now, 100 years after Serge Diaghilev astonished Paris with his first season of the Ballets Russes, the name Diaghilev calls up images of exoticism, opulence, and innovation. For most of us, though, these images are vague; we don't really know what happened onstage when the Ballets Russes was the toast of Europe. And it's confusing because there were so many post-Diaghilev companies that traversed North America with names like Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe. In "The Ballets Russes Revolution," Deborah Jowitt brings the whole era alive for us. Diaghilev thrilled audiences with vivid ballets that were equally strong in choreography, music, and ...