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The Ballets Russes
New session added by popular demand
Sat February 27: 11.30am
Sun February 28: 11.30am
Tickets $27/ $25 Concession

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Exraordinary anniversary presentation!
100 years ago this month, Serge Diaghilev brought his Ballets Russes to Paris. To celebrate the anniversary, 4 landmark ballets are being presented by the Opera de Paris this season and captured live at the magnificent Palais Garnier. Nova is privileged to be able to present the exclusive, HighDefinition capture of this event for Melbourne.
Diaghilev pushed the boundaries of tradition to break new ground. His Ballets Russes shook conventions and threw open the door to modernity, initiating a collaboration between painters, musicians and choreographers of the avant-garde. The artistic elite of the era was brought together under one breathtaking playbill: Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Picasso, Bakst, Chanel, Massine, Nijinsky, Fokine.
This tribute brings together works revealing an unexpected diversity of inspiration, from the heady romanticism of The Spectre of the Rose (Von Weber, Fokine, Bakst, Nijinsky), the unbridled eroticism of L'Après-midi d’un Faune (Debussy, Nijinsky, Bakst), to the tragic festivities of Petrouchka (Stravinsky, Fokine, Picasso), and the subtle Spanish flavour of The Three-Cornered Hat (De Falla, Massine).
These four landmark works, cornerstones of modernism, will be performed in their unsurpassable
original choreography and design.
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The Insect King
Exclusive to Cinema Nova!
Wednesday February 10, 6.30pm
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