The Three-Cornered Hat
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The Three-Cornered Hat is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the ballet premiered in 1919. In addition to its Spanish setting, thi
Picasso's costume design for the ballet
Sergei Diaghilev
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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers woul
The Three-Cornered Hat
…Hat (Spanish: El sombrero de tres picos or Le tricorne) is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the ballet premiered in 1919. In addition to its Spanish setting, this ballet also employs the techniques of Spanish dance (adapted and somewhat…
Diaghilev in 1910
Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov, 1904
Sergei Diaghilev with his nanny, 1905, Léon Bakst
Diaghilev's gravestone, Isola di San Michele, Orthodox section, Venice, Italy (April 2011)