The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, The Harry Ransom Center, The Department of Theatre and Dance, and Ballet Austin present:
100 Years of the Ballets Russes
2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, CREEES will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events, featuring films, talks, discussions, and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs.
Films
Date/Time:: September 15 at 7:00 in GRG 102
Location: :Geography Building, corner of 24th and Whitis
Ballets Russes
Dazzling collection of archival footage depicting the revolutionary 20th century dance troupes of the Ballets Russes from their imaginative and turbulent beginnings in turn-of-the-century Paris to their equally turbulent end in the 1960s. (Documentary, 2005, 118 min)
Date/Time:: September 17 at 7:00 in GRG 102
Location: :Geography Building, corner of 24th and Whitis
Nijinsky
Onstage, Nijinsky, the most celebrated dancer of the early 20th century, was in flawless control. Offstage, he was in turmoil, torn between the ballerina he married and the domineering mentor he loved. Eventually, the stresses of this volatile triangle drove him to madness. (Feature film, 1980, 125 min)
Date/Time:: September 22 at 7:00 in GRG 102
Location: :Geography Building, corner of 24th and Whitis
Stravinsky‘s Rite of Spring
Traces Stravinsky’s journey from the salons of St. Petersburg to the cultural crossroads of pre-war Paris, where he developed the shocking, erotic, and violent evocation of pagan Russia that became “The Rite of Spring”.
(Documentary, 2006, 116 min)
Date/Time:: September 24 at 7:00 in GRG 102
Location: :Geography Building, corner of 24th and Whitis
Return of the Firebird
Presents dramatic recreations of the original Ballets Russes productions of “The Firebird”, “Petrushka” and “Scheherazade”, first seen in Paris almost a century ago. Russian ballet superstar Andris Liepa heads an all-star cast. Music by Igor Stravinsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
(Ballet film, 2002, 120 min)
Additional Information:
Attendees at the films listed above will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win two tickets to the Ballet Austin Season Opener of The Firebird and Swan Lake (Act II). The drawing will be held after the final film screening on September 24. Thanks to Ballet Austin for the generous donation!
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