The most recent reassessment of the belle-epoque Russian impresario distills his life down to its aromatic essence. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

The Russian Renaissance is a curiously lovely thing to look back at over one’s shoulder, blending as it does priceless artistic magic with a touch of eerie futility and the pathos of its impending ...

If you were really somebody in Paris at the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du printemps" ("The Rite of Spring"), you weren't just in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. You were in the car ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On what would have been his 145th birthday, Google celebrates the life and work of Russian visionary Sergei Diaghilev On what ...

Like Nero’s or Napoleon’s, the name of Serge Diaghilev is bandied about without much regard to the actualities of the historical figure: recently I spotted Malcolm McLaren described as “the Diaghilev ...

Bonfires, parties, or reading in bed. Ideas for how one should spend New Year’s Eve are endless, and everyone should spend it the way they like. The writer nurtured an infatuation with the uncrowned ...

The dance impresario ‘cruelly’ sabotaged the careers of others in a bid to keep all the glory to himself, according to a new biography He was the Russian genius who founded the celebrated Ballets ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Serge Diaghilev: The Untold Story” would surely be a candidate for one of the world’s shortest books. The ...

Historical geniuses are tricky beasts to dramatize. Last year, Scott Carter’s attempt to revive the corpses of Dickens, Tolstoy, and Thomas Jefferson fell flat at Primary Stages. Now, in the world ...

Before Sergei Diaghilev, it was possible to dismiss ballet as a frivolous excuse for showing pretty girls and dresses without anybody getting too upset. The Ballets Russes changed all that. Formed by ...