The Morgan To Present Crafting the Ballets Russes: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection
June 21, 2024
The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present Crafting the Ballets Russes: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection, on view Friday, June 28, through Sept. 22. The Robert Owen Lehman Collection, which has been on deposit at the Morgan for half a century, is the finest private collection of autograph manuscripts of Western music in the world. Among its many works are extensive holdings of early 20th-century ballet materials, which will be shown together for the first time in this exhibition. Crafting the Ballets Russes highlights the rise of women in leading creative roles in the creation of these seminal ballets, including the choreographer Bronislava Nijinska and the dancer/producer Ida Rubinstein. Organized around a series of ballets, the exhibition features sketches, drafts, and choreographic notations to show how composers, choreographers, and designers together created works of astonishing originality and lasting influence. On view will be over 100 objects including rare music and dance manuscripts, photographs, and costume designs by artists Lon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, and Natalia Goncharova. To learn more, visit www.themorgan.org.
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