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I am copying some links to articles and WEBCASTS  that I and others have been collecting on the JUST OPENED exhibition at the Victoria and Albert.  I am just inserting the links as I received them, seems too complicated to do otherwise:


http://www.ft.com/cm...144feab49a.html
by Clement Crisp (this, to me is about the best, of course)

http://www.thejc.com...igner-a-century
on Bakst

http://blog.visitlon...sses-at-the-va/

The BBC interviews will only be available for about three days.  They are highlighted below.
 
Financial Times - Front cover and eight-page feature on Diaghilev, including exclusive photographs:
http://www.ft.com/cm...144feab49a.html

Evening Standard - Double page feature on Diaghilev, focused on London's role in the Ballets Russes:
http://www.thisislon...bt-to-london.do

Evening Standard - Five-star review by Philippa Stockley, who says: "Bravo to the V&A for capturing the thrill of performance in an exhibition":
http://www.thisislon...llets-russes.do

Country Life - Exhibition preview by Philippa Stockley, who says: "This is a very important show...because it does what one wants from an exhibition, but so rarely gets: it tells the complete story, reflected in a wonderful, sensuous parallax"

The Guardian - Five-star review by Judith Mackrell, who says: "It's the emotional power of the little objects that hits you":
http://www.guardian....s-russes-review

International Herald Tribune - Suzy Menkes' round up of London Fashion Week kicks off with the opening of the exhibition and the continuing influence of Ballets Russes on the catwalks:
http://www.nytimes.c...f colour&st=cse

The Guardian - Exhibition highlighted in a piece about a newly identified painting of Kasarvina:
http://www.guardian....19/painting-art

The Lady - Melanie Abrams explores the world of Lady Juliet Duff - a key funder of Diaghilev

The Jewish Chronicle - Feature on Leon Bakst who created the look of the Balllets Russes:
http://www.thejc.com...igner-a-century

Visit London Blog - Hannah Collingbourne has posted a fabulous gallery:
http://blog.visitlon...sses-at-the-va/

Vogue (Russia) - Four page feature on the exhibition.

In Tune on Radio 3 - Jane Pritchard talks about the exhibition with Sean Rafferty and Millicent Hodson:
http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/b00ts2h9

Nightwaves on Radio 3 - Siobhan Davies joins Anne McElvoy to give a choreographer's view of the exhibition
http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/b00ts2kh

Front Row on Radio 4 - Mark Lawson talks to Richard Alston, Javier de Frutos and Shobana Jeyasingh, who pick out their favourite objects from the exhibition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/b00trlbr