The Diaghilev Ballet in London

<p>This is the book of reminiscences of the Ballets Russes which Mr<br />Beaumont as the best qualified man in England has for the last ten<br />years been urged to write. Readers will find that it is more intimate<br />and personal than any of Mr Beaumont’s previous works. From<br />1912 he saw every London season of Diaghilev’s Ballet at first as a<br />member of the public and after 1918 both before and behind the<br />curtain as a friend of the Director and his lieutenants and of many<br />of the Company.</p><p>This book records the Ballet’s activities in London<br />and a personal critical impression of the principal dancers in the<br />roles that they made famous. Little intimate incidents are included<br />and pen pictures of distinguished personalities in private life. It tells<br />for the first time and for all time what the Diaghilev Ballet was<br />really like.</p>