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A few small steps from Ballets Russes ... one giant leap for dance historians by Luke Jennings

This 30-second scrap of film showing Diaghilev's famed Ballets Russes in action represents one of dance's great discoveriesThe Ballets Russes, founded in 1910 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev, was one of the most dazzling creative movements of the 20th century. At Diaghilev's insistence, the company was never officially filmed, and although there are many contemporary accounts of its performances " reviews, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:23pm on February 2, 2011

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