by lamotte | Sep 28, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Mary E Davis’ Ballets Russes Style: Diaghilev’s Dancers and Paris Fashion gives some insight into the stylistic goals of Gabrielle (Coco) Bonheur Chanel. 1 Chanel’s style catered to wealthier women in the coastal resorts near the town of Deauville....
by Natalie Kopp | Jun 17, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
While watching the 1924 ballet, Le Train Bleu, with the rest of the CURI team the other day, I was surprised at how light-hearted, playful, and funny it was. Particularly after watching Ballet Mécanique and other 1920s art cinema, Le Train Bleu was certainly a...
by Katharina Biermann | Jun 11, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Léonide Massine: Reflections on Artistic Identity in 1924 What intrigues me the most about Leonide Massine is the conflict between the image of the gifted dancer and choreographer and the somewhat inapproachable, certainly difficult to get along with man. The son of...
by Philip Claussen | Jun 8, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a French composer from Normandy; he studied at the Paris Conservatory (which he despised) and in 1887 left his music publisher and amateur composer father and his stepmother (whom he found unbearable) to live in Montmartre (link to map), the...
by Natalie Kopp | May 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Who knew that James Joyce’s daughter and Zelda Fitzgerald were trying their hands at dance or that a single ballet such as Le Train Bleu could bring together the choreography, music, dance, writing, fashion, and visual art talents of Nijinsky, Milhaud, Diaghilev,...
