LAPR 962 (STDA*262) Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course

This course will investigate the role of the impresario Serge Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes in both shaping and echoing the course of artistic revolution in Paris from c. 1909-1929. Several Diaghilev ballets will be introduced, viewed, and critiqued. Particular attention will be given to Picasso and Stravinsky, Fitzgerald and Pound. In passing, students look at the ideas of Sigmund Freud on the unconscious and invented myths, particularly as they are reflected in Nijinsky’s ballets, Rites, Faun, Jeux, and Spectre.

Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103

This course is not repeatable for credit.