Valerian Svetlov and dance in Djagilev's time

Abstract

The review presents the first Italian translation, introduced and edited by Michaela Bohmig, of a valuable collection of essays by Valerian Svetlov, writer, essayist, critic and dance theorist, close collaborator of Sergej Djagilev and privileged interlocutor of the sophisticated members of the artistic circle Mir Iskusstva. It reconstructs the Russian cultural and artistic context between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting the precious contribution offered by Svetlov in defining a new notion of dance and movement in Russia at the turn of the century.