Natalia Goncharova exhibition at Tate Modern

[Josephine]

The Natalia Goncharova exhibition opens at Tate Modern, London on 6 June. One room will focus on her work with the Ballets Russes, featuring costume designs and examples of ballet costumes.

 

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/natalia-goncharova

 

https://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3619528/uks-first-ever-retrospective-of-russian-avant-garde-artist

 

[alison]

Plus I see there's this talk on July 15th:

 

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/natalia-goncharova/between-design-ballet-and-choreography

[onemouseplace]

Just bumping this as the exhibition opened today (and is on until 8 September).  I'm going on Sunday afternoon, which will tie in nicely with the two Firebirds I'm seeing in the next week (the Fonteyn celebration tomorrow and the 14th).

[Lizbie1]

I was going to post asking whether  anyone had been yet (very early days I know!) and how substantial the stage/costume design presence is.

[JNC]

Yes please report back onemouseplace and anyone else who goes. Exhibitions are so expensive now I only go if I know it's going to be very substantial and what I am interested in! 

[Shade]

I am planning to go as we have Tate membership and I like to get my money’s worth! 

[RHowarth]

I went this morning. There is a full room of Ballets Russes things - a few costumes from Coq d'Or, sketches for Les Noces... They were playing a clip from Coq d'Or (1930s) and one from Les Noces from 70s (Dowell and Beriosova??? It didn't say). The exhibition overall I found very interesting but I wouldn't say the Ballets Russes room was stuffed full of either exhibits or information. 

 

[onemouseplace]

On 08/06/2019 at 15:49, RHowarth said:

I went this morning. There is a full room of Ballets Russes things - a few costumes from Coq d'Or, sketches for Les Noces... They were playing a clip from Coq d'Or (1930s) and one from Les Noces from 70s (Dowell and Beriosova??? It didn't say). The exhibition overall I found very interesting but I wouldn't say the Ballets Russes room was stuffed full of either exhibits or information. 

 

 

Agreed.  I really enjoyed the exhibition as a whole, but I wouldn't go just on the basis of the stage/ costume design aspect of her work.  For The Firebird there was only a theatre poster and a design for the backdrop.

 

I found plenty of her work very interesting and striking though, and could see how she came to stage and costume design.