Art & Dance, Part 2 of 4: Modern Art and the Ballets Russes

With Sylvia Laudien-Meo
La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine lithograph, 1895. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund.

[Virtual tour] When Derain and Matisse painted together in Collioure in 1905, they developed a new ‘wild’ painting style, full of bright colors, strong gesture and emotion. Inspired by the dancing fishermen in this town, they made dance one of their central themes, blending in visions of specific modern and ethnic dances as well, creating rather timeless images. Spain and its expressive Flamenco became especially inspirational to artists Joan Miro and Natalia Goncharova. Increasingly, the investigations of costume, movement and dance informed artists’ development of a more abstract language, but at the same time artists increasingly collaborated with choreographers and fashion designers. Especially intriguing in that regard are Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. (Artists included in this talk: Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Sonia Delaunay, Marc Chagall, and others)

Thursday, December 19
6:00 PM

Virtual Tour

Tickets:
Member: $15
Non-member: $25