Russes Collection

Ballet / Firebird 1914
An elaborately dressed woman with a firebird on her hand: a design influenced by the recent Diaghilev ballet, with music by Stravinsky

LA Peri / Ballet Russes
LA PERI Costume design for Mademoiselle N. Trouhanowa Date: 1911

Pavlova, Anna (1882-1931). Russian classical dancer. Poster of the Russian Ballets

Les Sylphides Scene
LES SYLPHIDES The view from the wings

Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso
Two of the Andalusian dancers (Rojas and El Tejero) performing the Cuadro Flamenco - during the Ballet Russes performabce by Diaghilev at the Princes Theatre

Russian Revolution of 1917: "Lenin speaking to the workers of the Putilov factory in
JLJ4644209 Russian Revolution of 1917: " Lenin speaking to the workers of the Putilov factory in Petrograd, 1917" Painting by Isaak Brodsky (Brodsky) (1883-1939). 1917

Poster of Ballets Russes in a scene of Claude
" Poster of " Ballets Russes" in a scene of Claude Debussys " Jeux". It shows the dancers: Ludmilla Schollar, Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina. FRANCE. Paris

Vaslav Nijinsky / Jeux 3
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer with Schollar and Karsavina in Debussys Jeux during the 8th season of the Ballets Russes Date: 1890 - 1950

Ballet Russses / Cover
Cover programme design for Col de. Basils Ballet Russes, at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, for June-September 1936

Woman in white wool dress with pink trim losing her hat
Woman in white wool dress with pink trim, belt of crocheted roses, losing her hat in the wind. Robe de drap blanc borde d un ourlet couleur de rose, ceinture des roses en crochet

Vaslav Nijinsky / Blue God
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer in a Bakst costume for the Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu

Ballet Russes / La Concura
LA CONCURRENCE Curtain design by Andre Derain

Woman in ball gown of coral taffeta with silk ruffles. Robe de bal en taffetas corail a volants de gaze de soie. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H

Fashionable couples dancing energetically at a ball, 1914
Fashionable couples dancing energetically at a ball, observed by an older woman with lorgnette. La Folie du Jour. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching by H

Tatler cover - Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978), Russian ballet dancer, who, in 1919, at the time of this photograph, had been performing with the Russian Ballet at the Alhambra Theatre in London. Date: 1919

Nijinsky / Le Dieu Bleu
LE DIEU BLEU Costume design for Nijinsky in the role of Le Dieu Bleu

Scheherazade / Bal. Russes
SCHEHERAZADE Set design by Leon Bakst

Midnight Sun / Ballet Russ
MIDNIGHT SUN Set design, showing dancers on stage and large sun-faces over-head

Diaghilev Photo Sacha
SERGEY PAVLOVICH DIAGHILEV Russian Art critic and impresario. A key figure in producing the Ballet Russes

Tartar (Tatar) girl of the Crimea with water jug and basket, 19th century
FLO4656417 Tartar (Tatar) girl of the Crimea with water jug and basket, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical

Russian woman, national costume, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female
FLO4656330 Russian woman, national costume, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," London

Dancing girl of Shemakha, Azerbaijan, 1820, after Prince Gagarin. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet
FLO4686623 Dancing girl of Shemakha, Azerbaijan, 1820, after Prince Gagarin. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' " Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens

Kazan Tatar Family (Tatarstan, Russia) - Tatar family from Kazan, the man in fur hat
FLO4724052 Kazan Tatar Family (Tatarstan, Russia) - Tatar family from Kazan, the man in fur hat and fur-lined coat firing a musket

Women of the Mordvin Moksha (Mordve mokchane) people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories
FLO4723093 Women of the Mordvin Moksha (Mordve mokchane) people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories

Orders of Chivalry: Prussian Order of the Black Eagle 1, Russian Order of St
FLO4575944 Orders of Chivalry: Prussian Order of the Black Eagle 1, Russian Order of St. Andrew the Apostle 2, Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim 3

Lady of Livonia, Russian province, 1577. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "
FLO4705041 Lady of Livonia, Russian province, 1577. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Peoples of Antiquity

Russian noblewoman, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from " L'Art du
FLO4564862 Russian noblewoman, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from " L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880

The Tatar leader of the city of Kazan (Russia), with a turban and a long striped dress
FLO4634586 The Tatar leader of the city of Kazan (Russia), with a turban and a long striped dress, a couple from the city and a Kachin man (Burma, Myanmar)

Traditional costume of Udmurt or votiak women (Russia), portrait of a Kyrgyz and the sultan of Kyrgyzstan
FLO4634580 Traditional costume of Udmurt or votiak women (Russia), portrait of a Kyrgyz and the sultan of Kyrgyzstan, with a falcon

Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below
FLO4634523 Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below, a bashkir archer (Turkish people of Russia) and a young girl

Russian costumes: a Cossack woman, a husband wife (or cheremisse) and two Chuvash women with a child
FLO4634613 Russian costumes: a Cossack woman, a husband wife (or cheremisse) and two Chuvash women with a child. Lithography for the book

Suit of the Samoyed peoples of Siberia (Russia): a man wearing a coat of beetskins, with snowshoes on his feet
FLO4634579 Suit of the Samoyed peoples of Siberia (Russia): a man wearing a coat of beetskins, with snowshoes on his feet. Below, a shaman and his instruments

Cossack Costumes (Russia): a young woman and Cossacks from the Urals and the Black Sea
FLO4634508 Cossack Costumes (Russia): a young woman and Cossacks from the Urals and the Black Sea, with portraits of the Don and Urals Cossacks. Below is a scene in a tavern

Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums
FLO4634599 Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums. Below, two tungouts hunters weapons

Noblewoman and girl of Livonia, Russian province. She wears a velvet hat with pointed top
FLO4705021 Noblewoman and girl of Livonia, Russian province. She wears a velvet hat with pointed top, and layers of furlined coats

Portraits de femmes du Kamchatka (Russia) - Portraits of two Kamtchadal women
FLO4724133 Portraits de femmes du Kamchatka (Russia) - Portraits of two Kamtchadal women: one in fur lined dress and one below in headdress - Handcoloured woodcut from " Moeurs

Women of the Mordvin Erzya (Mordve erziane) people in traditional costume. Mordovia
FLO4723055 Women of the Mordvin Erzya (Mordve erziane) people in traditional costume. Mordovia. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811)

Chukchi (Chukchi) woman with tattoos on her cheek, chin and arm, and ear piercings. (Chukotka region, Russia)
FLO4722615 Chukchi (Chukchi) woman with tattoos on her cheek, chin and arm, and ear piercings. (Chukotka region, Russia). From Joseph Billings (1758-1806)

Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine
CUL4867242 Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine and published in Paris in 1927. Portion of Marina. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Woman of Vialka, Russia, 1860. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "
FLO4686695 Woman of Vialka, Russia, 1860. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' " Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes"

Woman of Kaluga, Russia, 1860. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "
FLO4686690 Woman of Kaluga, Russia, 1860. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' " Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes"

Anne Iere, Impress of Russia (Anna Ivanovna, 1693-1740) - Anna Ioannovna, Empress of Russia, 18th century
FLO4686515 Anne Iere, Impress of Russia (Anna Ivanovna, 1693-1740) - Anna Ioannovna, Empress of Russia, 18th century. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers'

Declin (crisis) of the Ottoman Empire and the Peace of Carlowitz: Austria, Russia and Poland coaliate
VEN5027220 Declin (crisis) of the Ottoman Empire and the Peace of Carlowitz: Austria, Russia and Poland coaliate and, joined by the Papaute and the Venitians, attack the Balkans

Circassian princess, sent as ambassador to Catherine the Great of Russia, 18th century
FLO4686522 Circassian princess, sent as ambassador to Catherine the Great of Russia, 18th century. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' " Modes et

Boyar girl, Grand Duchy of Moscow, 17th century, Polish Library - Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet
FLO4686446 Boyar girl, Grand Duchy of Moscow, 17th century, Polish Library - Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' " Foreign Fashions

Khantys or khantes costumes (Russia): a man on his skis and a woman in embroidered coat
FLO4634558 Khantys or khantes costumes (Russia): a man on his skis and a woman in embroidered coat. Below is a scene in a traditional house, the family reunited around the fire

Caucasus costumes: a Tungus priest, a Turkestan couple in front of their tent
FLO4634380 Caucasus costumes: a Tungus priest, a Turkestan couple in front of their tent, a Circassian man and a horse prince in armor

Costumes of the Kalmouk nomadic people (China, Russia): a man smoking the pipe with his wife
FLO4634353 Costumes of the Kalmouk nomadic people (China, Russia): a man smoking the pipe with his wife, framing the portrait of a man and underneath, farmers, a priest and a princess

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"Unveiling the Enchanting World of Russes: A Captivating Journey through Ballet, Revolution, and Elegance" Step into a realm where grace meets passion, as the ethereal artistry of ballet takes center stage. In 1914, amidst the vibrant backdrop of Firebird, the Ballet Russes captivated audiences with their mesmerizing performances. The allure continued with LA Peri and Les Sylphides Scene, transporting spectators to a world where dreams intertwine with reality. Russian classical ballet reached its zenith under the tutelage of Anna Pavlova (1882-1931), whose delicate movements enchanted all who witnessed her mastery on stage. As she gracefully twirled across grand theaters worldwide, she became an emblematic figure in dance history. Meanwhile, outside the realms of artistry and elegance, Russia was undergoing profound changes during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Lenin's powerful words echoed through factories like Putilov as he addressed workers striving for a better future. The poster showcasing Claude's scene from Ballets Russes serves as a visual testament to this era's artistic brilliance. It captures both imagination and innovation that defined this iconic company. Ballet Russses' influence extended beyond traditional ballet forms; it even inspired Picasso himself in his Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes masterpiece. This collaboration between two creative powerhouses resulted in an explosion of colors and emotions that transcended boundaries. In 1914, fashionable couples swayed energetically at balls adorned in exquisite attire—a testament to both opulence and vitality within society at that time. Amidst these festivities emerged Vaslav Nijinsky—his performances in Jeux 3 and Blue God left audiences spellbound by his athleticism and emotional depth. As we delve deeper into this captivating world filled with beauty and revolution alike, we encounter a woman donning a ball gown made from coral taffeta, adorned with silk ruffles.