International Conference “In Diaghilev’s Circle: The Phenomenon of Les Saisons Russes in the Context of European Culture”
Once again we are delighted to invite you to participate in our International Conference In Diaghilev’s Circle: The Phenomenon of Les Saisons Russes in the Context of European Culture, which is taking place on November 30, within the framework of the VIII International Festival of Arts DIAGHILEV. P.S., in St Petersburg. This year we are going to scrutinize the influence of the Saisons Russes phenomenon within the wider frame of European Culture.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
10.45 – Registration of the participants
11.00 – 13.30
Elena Bespalova (Moscow). Bakst and Fashion
Carole Boulbès (Paris). “Relâche” — a Disconcerting Dadaist Show
Alyona Grigorash (Moscow). Les Saisons Russes and Fashion — “Extreme Exotic”
Boris Illarionov (St Petersburg). Ballets Russes as Mediator between the Culture and Heritage of Petipa and the Ballet World of the 20th century
Dmitri Kosolapov (Ekaterinburg). Strategies of Cultural Nationalism in Sergei Diaghilev’s Work: the Ambivalence of ‘Cosmopolitanism’ and ‘National Archaism’
13.30-14.00 – Coffee break
14.00-16.30
Ann-Marie Wrange (Stockholm). Some Ballets Russes Influences on Les Ballets Suédois
Olga Ushakova (Vologda)
Elana Yushkova (Tyumen). The Images of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the Work of the Anglo-American Poet and Thinker Thomas Eliot
Cecilia Stinton (London). Collaborating with the Future: The Ballets Russes’s Unperformed Liturgie
Irina Krasnova, Marina Lanina (St Petersburg). From the Alhambra to Paris: the Story of The Golden Cockerel as a Reflection of the Interaction and Cross-Fertilisation of Cultures
Tatiana Filosofova (Moscow). The Ballets Russes and European culture: a Meeting at the Beginning of the Century
16.30-17.30 – Break
17.30 – 19.00
Michael Meylac (Strasbourg). Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes: Stories from a Silver Age
Coordinator: Alexandra Shtarkman
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