Serge Diaghilev and his World:

A Centennial Celebration of Diaghilev’s
Ballets Russes

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The Triumph of Neptune, 1926 (br0025)

The Triumph of Neptune, 1926
Serge Diaghilev’s notebook, 1926–1929. Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)
Digital ID # br0025

Apollon Musagète Premieres at Library of Congress (br0026)

Apollon Musagète Premieres at Library of Congress
Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar in Apollon Musagète, ca.1928. Alexandra Danilova Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
Digital ID # br0026

The Nijinsky Children (br0027)

The Nijinsky Children
The Nijinsky children: Vaslav, Bronislava, and Stanislav, ca.1897. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00)
Digital ID # br0027

Vaslav Nijinsky, 1908 (br0028)

Vaslav Nijinsky, 1908
Vaslav Nijinsky in dance practice clothes, 1908. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
Digital ID # br0028

Bronislava Nijinska, 1908 (br0029)

Bronislava Nijinska, 1908
Bronislava Nijinska at her graduation from the Imperial Theater School, 1908. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
Digital ID # br0029

Narcisse, 1911 (br0030)

Narcisse, 1911
Vaslav Nijinsky in Narcisse, 1911. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
Digital ID # br0030

Nijinsky as the Puppet Petrouchka (br0031)

Nijinsky as the Puppet Petrouchka
Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrouchka, 1911. Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
Digital ID # br0031

Nijinsky’s Controversial L’Après-midi d’un Faune (br0032)

Nijinsky’s Controversial L’Après-midi d’un Faune
Bronislava Nijinska, Olga Khohlova, and Lubov Tchernicheva in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, 1912. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
Digital ID # br0032

Nijinsky’s Notation for L’Après-Midi d’un Faune (br0033)

Nijinsky’s Notation for L’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Vaslav Nijinsky’s notation for a section of L’Après-midi d’un Faune, 1912. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
Digital ID # br0033

Bronislava Nijinska as a Nymph (br0034)

Bronislava Nijinska in L’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Mikhail Larinov. Bronia dans le Faune, 1912. Pencil. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
Digital ID # br0034

Score for Le Sacre du Printemps, with Nijinsky’s Choreography (br0035)

Score for Le Sacre du Printemps, with Nijinsky’s Choreography
Piano score for Le Sacre du Printemps, notated by Marie Rambert, 1913. Spivacke Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. (035.00.00)
Digital ID # br0035, br0035_01

Nijinsky in Schéhérazade (br0036)

Nijinsky in Schéhérazade
George Barbier. Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein in Schéhérazade from Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky. Trans. C.W. Beaumont. London: C.W. Beaumont, 1913. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
Digital ID # br0036, br0036_01

Nijinsky’s Wedding (br0037)

Nijinsky’s Wedding
Vaslav Nijinsky and Romola de Pulszky on their wedding day, Buenos Aires, September 10, 1913. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
Digital ID # br0037

Nijinsky’s Strained Relationship with Diaghilev (br0038)

Nijinsky’s Strained Relationship with Diaghilev
Receipt for Vaslav Nijinsky’s performances in Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 1917. Music Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
Digital ID # br0038

The Sleeping Princess, a Financial Disaster (ppmsca-19410)

The Sleeping Princess, a Financial Disaster
Studio of Léon Bakst. Costume design for a courtier in The Sleeping Princess, 1921. Watercolor. Music Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19410

Bronislava Nijinska’s choreographic notes for The Sleeping Princess, 1921. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)
Digital ID# br0040

Bronislava Nijinska’s choreographic notes for The Sleeping Princess, 1921. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)
Digital ID# br0041

Aurora’s Wedding from The Sleeping Princess (br0041)

"Aurora’s Wedding" from The Sleeping Princess
Natalia Goncharova. Costume design for the Siamese Butterfly in Aurora’s Wedding, 1922. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)
Digital ID # br0041

“The Three Ivans” in Aurora’s Wedding, 1922. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
Digital ID # br0043

Productions of Les Noces, 1920s (br0045)

Productions of Les Noces, 1920s
Rehearsal of Les Noces on the roof of the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1923. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)
Digital ID # br0045

Les Noces, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1926. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00)
Digital ID # br0046

Dance Theatre of Harlem Reconstruction of Les Noces, 1989 (br0048)

Dance Theatre of Harlem Reconstruction of Les Noces, 1989
Dance Theatre of Harlem in a reconstruction of Les Noces, 1989. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)
Digital ID # br0048

Stravinsky Writes to Nijinska, 1923 (br0044p1)

Stravinsky Writes to Nijinska, 1923
Letter from Igor Stravinsky to Bronislava Nijinska, March 27, 1923. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)
Digital ID # br0044p1, br0044p2

Twentieth-Century Ballets Based on Eighteenth-Century Themes (br0050)

Twentieth-Century Ballets Based on Eighteenth-Century Themes
Unidentified dancers in Les Fâcheux, 1924. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
Digital ID # br0050

Juan Gris. Costume design for a shepherdess for Les Tentations de la Bergère, ou L’Amour Vainqueur, ca. 1923. Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00)
Digital ID # br0051

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