Greetings!
I hope you will be able to join us
on Saturday 5th July, 11.15am (for about an hour & a half)
at The Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Avenue, Southend
to explore impresario Sergei Diaghilev’s radical new ballet. Each performance was a unique collaboration of composers, choreographers and – at the heart of our discussion today – artists, including Nicholas Roerich, Natalia Goncharova, Pablo Picasso and Giorgio de Chirico. The impact of the Ballets Russes on European and British visual culture was immense – from interior design to fashion and painting – and so we’ll also look at British artists, in particular John Lavery and Laura Knight, who both portrayed the stars of the Ballets Russes in their work.
It’ll be a feast for the eyes, with lots to see and much to discuss – do come along if you can, it’s open to everyone! Please note a £10 request on the door to cover Lecture Theatre hire costs as well as tea/coffee/biscuits at the Jazz Centre downstairs afterwards.
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