BALLETS RUSSES: The Art of Costume

National Gallery of Australia 1st edition 2010, large paperback with dust wrapper and 264 pages.

Definitive text by Robert Bell, Christine Dixon, Helena Hammond, Michelle Potter and Debbie Ward.

A totally lavish title, profusely illustrated in colour and archival  black and white. The most amazing treatment on the Ballets Russes to date from the origins of the avant-garde dance company by Sergei Diaghilev in 1909 onwards.

The influences of the greatest artists of the19th century  including Picasso, Matisse, Derain and many others collaborated with composers such as Ivor Stravinski and dancers such as Nijinsky to create the Ballets Russes.

Chapters include the Ballet Russe touring Australia 1936 - 1940 and the costumes of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes 1909- 1929.

A must-have for anyone interested in the performing arts and design, costume and fashion.

Thanks for looking.