Speaking of Diaghilev

Many of the key members of the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo - the legendary ballet troupe that set the standard for the ballet for generations - were still alive, & Drummond interviewed more than twenty of them, including Tamara Karsavina, Leonide Massine, Marie Rambert, & Ninette de Valois. What emerged from these interviews is an extraordinary portrait of Serge Diaghilev, the genius behind the troupe & a prime mover in the strand of modernism at the beginning of this century, which saw an explosion of energy & creativity from artists such as Stravinsky, Debusssy, Picasso, Cocteau, Satie, & Nijinsky. Diaghilev's story told here with passionate advocacy & a full sense of the historical setting, placed within the context of the author's own intense commitment to the arts.Drummond, John is the author of 'Speaking of Diaghilev' with ISBN 9780571195497 and ISBN 0571195490.