Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World PG_Gift_Guide “The Soccer Balls of Mr

“The Soccer Balls of Mr

whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno

and something dark and hungry watches from below

and the night when everything changed

"A twisted modern love story" (Parade)

Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World PG_Gift_Guide “The Soccer Balls of MrA Best Book of the Year at The New Yorker and The Telegraph Amusing and assertive . . . [Christiansens] delight is infectious. Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review Rupert Christiansen, a renowned dance critic and arts correspondent, presents a sweeping history of the Ballets Russes and of Serge Diaghilevs dream of bringing Russian art and culture to the West. Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is