Charles R. Batson
Ashgate
Hardback
288
2005
The 1909 arrival of Serge de Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris marked the beginning of some two decades of collaboration among litt?rateurs painters musicians and choreographers. Charles Batson explores several collaborations integral to the formation of modernism and avant-gardist aesthetics revisioning performances of the celebrated Russians and the lesser-known Ballets Su?dois to uncover overlooked connections and implications. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars working in the fields of literature dance music and film as well as French cultural studies.