"Etonne-moi !" Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

Monaco, Villa Sauber
from 9 July to 27 September 2009

Monaco, Salles des Arts in the Sporting d’Hiver
from the 9 July to 30 August 2009

In 2009 and 2010, all the Principality's cultural institutions are celebrating the Centenary of the Ballets Russes with events devised by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco and also the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, the Orchestre Philharmonique, the Printemps des Arts festival etc. The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco opens these celebrations with "Astound me!" Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, a magnificent exhibition centred around the figure of Diaghilev and displaying 260 items illustrating the Saisons Russes that he directed from 1909 to 1929.
Coproduced by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco and the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation in Moscow, "Etonne-moi!" Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes officially opens in the Principality on 8 July 2009 in Villa Sauber and in the Salle des Arts in the Sporting d'Hiver. Following the Monaco exhibition's first public outing this summer, it will then travel to the State Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow where it will be shown from 27 October 2009 to 24 January 2010.



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