In the 1930s and ’40s, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured the United States and the world, introducing many to ballet as an art form, while spreading th

René Blum and the Ballets Russes documents the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and producer who resurrected the Ballets Russes after Diaghilev died.

The author details the story of Colonel W. de Basil's company of Russian ballet dancers who kept alive the heritage of the Russian ballet for 20 years.