Ballets Russes

To be published with a major exhibition of the National Gallery of Australia's renowned collection of costumes from the Ballets Russes. Founder Serge Diaghilev and his successor Colonel Wassily de Basil, commissioned contemporary artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Georges Braque and Giorgio de Chirico to design costumes and scenery for their productions. Integrating design, music and dance and encouraging the artistic experimentation and the collaboration of artists, choreographers and composers, Diaghilev created the new art of modern ballet.