The Ballets Russes-ian Revolution, 100 Years On

From its first performances in 1909, Serge Diaghilev’s path-breaking company “was giving audiences three Gesamtkunstwerks an evening, and with a quality of movement that no Wagnerian opera had ever known… Ballet became innovatively sexy, astoundingly picturesque, dramatically challenging.” But in a new century, are Diaghilev’s productions still compelling? Can they be?