S. Diaghilev’s the Ballets Russes and Spanish drama theatre of the 1910-1920s
The paper is devoted to the influence of the S. Diaghilev’s the Ballets Russes on the Spanish theater of the 1910-1920s. Gregorio Martinez Sierra (18811947) - one of the pioneers of theatre directing in Spanish drama theatre. The impression from the performances of the Ballets Russes provided the basis for the director’s aesthetic program, which was applied in practice with the help of Sierra’s like-minded persons: Maria Martinez Sierra, Manuel de Falla, Tomas Borras, Jose de Zamora, Manuel Fontanals. The most representative examples of assimilation of the Ballets Russes’s aesthetics are analyzed in the paper. Also it acquaints readers with the Spanish critic’s reception of the Ballets Russes.