PAST: ART: "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929: When Art Danced with Music" at the National Gallery of Art East Building SUN, May 12th - MON, Sept 2nd, Free

Léon Bakst, Costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky
as the Faun from The Afternoon of a Faun, 1912,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford,
CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin
Sumner Collection Fund

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art East Building

Free

Sunday, May 12th - Monday, September 2nd

"The Ballets Russes--the most innovative dance company of the 20th century--propelled the performing arts to new heights through groundbreaking collaboration between artists, composers, choreographers, dancers, and fashion designers, with such familiar names as Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, George Balachine, Vaslaw Nijinsky, and Coco Chanel. Washington is the sole US venue for 150 original costumes, set designs, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, posters, and film clips in a theatrical multimedia installation."

National Gallery of Art

East Building, Mezzanine

401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Judiciary Sq - closest to the East Building