MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolyov, member of the...

One hundred years ago, the tacit capital of culture was Paris. It set trends in painting, music, ballet and stage design. Paris was the center of the world and all the young geniuses of the world strove to move there to learn their craft. Bringing an unknown Russian ballet there in 1909 was a great risk. Nevertheless, Diaghilev decided to do it. What is more, not did he plan to overwhelm, captivate and conquer the capricious global cultural elite, he envisioned knocking Paris off its pedestal.

The only theater he managed to get in 1909 was Theatre du Chatelet.

This was a cramped, uncomfortable theater that was not amenable to sensation, and Diaghilev proceeded to renovate it. He ordered the theater"s old floor to be replaced; he enlarged the stage and changed the audience space. Diaghilev turned the worn down and provincial Chatelet into a newly fashionable Paris theater.

In addition, Diaghilev took to taking his ballet company to Larue restaurant for dinner,

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