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Ballet impresario Sergey Pavlovich Diaghilev and composer Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev are eminent figures in twentieth-century cultural history, yet this is the first detailed account of their fifteen-year collaboration. Stephen D. Press discusses the genesis of each ballet, including the important contributions of the scenic designers (Mikhail Larionov, Georgy Yakulov and Georges Rouault) and the choreographer/dancers (Léonid Massine, Serge ...

Although Western scholars have examined the operas, symphonies and piano pieces of Prokofiev little has been written on his ballets. Stephen Press's study explores Prokofiev's work in collaboration with Diaghilev for the Ballet Russe.