March 28, 2019 – From its beginnings, in the Renaissance courts of Europe, the art of ballet has maintained a constant conversation with classicism; its great champion Louis XIV saw himself as a latter-day Apollo. The allure of antiquity was particularly strong for the Ballets Russes, a company founded in the early twentieth century by … Continue reading The New Yorker’s Goings on About Town Explores exquisitely curated exhibition, “Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes”