BALLETS RUSSES DVD

Movie Description:
Ballets Russes maps the Diaghilev- era beginnings in turn-of-the-century Paris- when artists such as Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Matisse andStravinsky united in an unparalled collaboration- to the halcyon days in the 1930s and `40s, when the Ballets Russes astonished American audienceswith artistry never before seen, to the 1950s and `60s when rising costs, rocketing egos,outside competion and internal mismanagment brought the lastof the revered Ballets Russes companies to its knees.