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Program cover of a 1911 performance of the Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, showing Léon Bakst’s costume design for Narcisse.
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Léon Bakst
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1911
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Cover of sheet music for “Sadie Salome, Go Home.” Fanny Brice (1891–1951) was born Fania Borach in New York City to immigrants from Hungary and Alsace respectively. Getting her break in entertainment…
Contributor:
Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
Date:
1909
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“Miss Duncan? The dancer? What is that—ballet?” No, it is not ballet. Missing here are the two predominant elements that make up modern ballet: there is neither dance technique nor women wearing…
Contributor:
Arkadii Georgevich Gornfeld
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1905