MSU 155F: The Ballets Russes

2020-21

Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours

Catalog page 469

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores how the Diaghilev Ballets Russes’ repertoire and collaborative practices challenged the nature of artistic labor; negotiated traditional patronage and new commercial modes; engaged with cultural nationalism, gender role contention, and emerging models of sexuality; and deployed representational strategies that played into period debates about power and social organization.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with DNCE 155F.