Lev Bakst ndomumwe wevanopenya kwazvo vemitemo yeArt Nouveau maitiro. Mufananidzi webhuku, mupendi wemifananidzo, mugadziri, muimbi wetiyeta, mugadziri wemafashoni - seshamwari dzeWorld of Art society, akasiya nhaka yakasiyana-siyana.
Muna 1909, Bakst akabvuma kukokwa naSergei Diaghilev kuti ave mugadziri wekugadzira mubhizinesi rake reRussian Ballets. Mumakore mashanu, akagadzira mitambo gumi nemaviri, pamwe chete nezvigadzirwa zveIda Rubinstein naAnna Pavlova, izvo zvaive zvakakurumbira muEurope. "Narcissus", "Scheherazade", "Cleopatra" - munyori wemitambo weFrance anozivikanwa uye mudetembi Jean Cocteau akanyora chinyorwa pamusoro peizvi nemamwe mabheti akagadzirwa nekutora chikamu kwaBakst. 12 zvinyorwa naCocteau zvakashandurirwa muchiRussia kekutanga kunyanya kubhuku rino, rakatsikiswa kwegore regumi nemakumi mashanu reBakst. Iyo albhamu inoratidza nzvimbo dzese dzebasa remuimbi.
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