Julie Martin Oral History Transcript Block 576 (Q20445)

Martin: The Ballets Russes and Ballets Sudois but they were not quite the same. In those cases you had strong impresarios[Sergei] Diaghilev and Rolf de Marcommissioning artists and composers and choreographers to make very finished works for a very elite audience. The artists were advanced avant-garde artists and some of the work was shocking to its audience, like [Vaslav] Nijinsky and Rite o