MUSY 308 - Art, Music, Movement: The Innovations of the Ballets Russes

FC CNDP DDHU

4 credits
The Ballets Russes was a laboratory for modernist ideas about music, dance, theater, and visual arts in the early 20th century. The company, founded by Serge Diaghilev, promoted ground-breaking artistic collaborations and commissioned some of the most important scores of the twentieth century, including The Firebird (1910), The Rite of Spring (1913), and Parade (1917). In this course, we will trace the evolving aesthetic, cultural and political circumstances the company navigated from its debut in 1909 to Diaghilev’s death in 1929, exploring early 20th century modernism and the troupe’s enduring contributions to music, design, and design.