Léon Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (Russian: Леон (Лев) Самойлович Бакст, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич Розенберг; 27 January (8 February) 1866 –... 24 KB (2,245 words) - 23:41, 30 March 2024 |
Ballets Russes (section Léon Bakst) Alexandre Benois, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, and costume designers Léon Bakst and Coco Chanel. The company's productions created a huge sensation, completely... 52 KB (4,209 words) - 03:35, 9 May 2024 |
in the 1920s. Set for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ballet Sheherazade by Léon Bakst (1910) Art Deco armchair made for art collector Jacques Doucet (1912–13)... 170 KB (19,169 words) - 22:30, 11 May 2024 |
Bakst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Isaac Moses Bakst (d. 1882), Imperial Russian educator Léon Bakst (1866–1924), Russian painter... 367 bytes (85 words) - 14:44, 20 September 2023 |
They included Alexandre Benois, Walter Nouvel, Konstantin Somov, and Léon Bakst. Although not instantly received into the group, Diaghilev was aided by... 33 KB (3,644 words) - 10:14, 5 May 2024 |
footballer Léon Bakst (1866–1924), Russian painter and scene- and costume designer Leon Bates (labor leader) (1899–1972), American union leader Leon Belasco... 10 KB (1,212 words) - 08:19, 30 April 2024 |
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst. The Ballets Russes' Scheherazade is known for its traditionally dazzling... 37 KB (4,090 words) - 16:57, 24 March 2024 |
Russes. He worked closely with choreographer Michel Fokine and artist Léon Bakst, and later with other contemporary artists and composers. Nijinsky and... 66 KB (8,423 words) - 21:20, 27 April 2024 |
Daphnis et Chloé (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 8 June 1912, with sets designed by Léon Bakst, choreography by Fokine, and the Orchestre Colonne conducted by Pierre... 14 KB (1,725 words) - 09:04, 14 April 2024 |
The Firebird (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) of Boris Godunov. By 1909, Diaghilev had connected with Michel Fokine, Léon Bakst, and Alexandre Benois, and gained enough money to start his independent... 55 KB (5,951 words) - 17:49, 27 April 2024 |
"Tansolymp" in Berlin. Some works from the Lobanov collection Léon Bakst, Narcisse Léon Bakst, Costume of Cleopatra for Ida Rubinstein Alexandre Benois,... 5 KB (452 words) - 13:10, 28 October 2023 |
Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky) (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) costumes, sets and programme illustrations were designed by the painter Léon Bakst. The style of the 12-minute ballet, in which a young faun meets several... 29 KB (4,080 words) - 14:13, 11 November 2023 |
Sir Francis Rose. London: Cassell & Company, 1961. Spencer, Charles. Léon Bakst and the Ballets Russes. London: Academy Editions, 1995. Official website... 19 KB (2,000 words) - 02:01, 8 January 2024 |
Cléopâtre (ballet) (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) Pharaoh's Daughter and Aida. The soloist costumes were instead designed by Léon Bakst, and the sets, borrowed from an opera performed at the time at the Mariinsky... 6 KB (712 words) - 19:35, 27 November 2023 |
Le Dieu bleu (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) Hahn, set to a libretto by Jean Cocteau and Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa. Léon Bakst designed the sets and costumes. The ballet was a failure at the premiere... 8 KB (984 words) - 06:12, 28 November 2020 |
St. Petersburg in 1900.” Léon Bakst started working on scenic design and costumes for Les Orientale in 1908. In 1909, Bakst made a name for himself as... 3 KB (221 words) - 11:13, 29 May 2023 |
young intelligentsia of Saint Petersburg, including Alexandre Benois, Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev. Two musical works from this period stand out. With... 93 KB (11,077 words) - 02:01, 11 May 2024 |
Charleston as Frankie 1979 Zulu Dawn as Norris Newman 1980 Nijinsky as Léon Bakst 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark as Major Arnold Ernst Toht 1982 Firefox as... 13 KB (1,493 words) - 17:59, 5 May 2024 |
Carnaval (ballet) (category Ballets designed by Léon Bakst) choreographed by Michel Fokine to his own libretto, with costumes designed by Léon Bakst, and premiered in Pavlovsk on 5 March (old style, 20 February) 1910. The... 8 KB (879 words) - 07:35, 9 April 2024 |