Today marks the start of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: Twenty Years that Changed the World of Art, a symposium and exhibition hosted by the Harvard Theatre Collection.
The symposium sessions will be held at the New College Theatre (formerly the Hasty Pudding Club House). The speakers and panelists, coming from a number of fields of specialization, will bring many perspectives to the appreciation of the Ballets Russes that should prove to be informative to their colleagues from all areas of interest.
The exhibition, which includes more than 200 original documents and art works, is drawn entirely from the holdings of the Harvard Theatre Collection, with the exception of a few items from other libraries of the Harvard College Library.
[Image: Serge Diaghilev (1872–1929). Portrait by Constantine Korovine. Graphite and chalk. George Chaffée Collection. Gift, 1951. Harvard Theatre Collection, HTC 4,339.]