Dance Années folles

amadeo modigliani - paul guillaume

paul guillaume in 1919 organized negro festival @ théatre des champs-Élysées. 6 years later, produced paris revue nègre (fr). on rue blomet, bal nègre cabaret attracted both aesthetes , curious.

ballets suédois

the 1920s marked renewal in ballet. ballets russes based in paris during time. in 1921 ballets suédois offered l homme et son désir paul claudel, music darius milhaud. company presented les mariés de la tour eiffel, written jean cocteau. alas, did not meet public success. in 1923 ballet born, la création du monde; darius milhaud wrote music, , blaise cendrars scenario. fernand léger designed costumes, , put onto stage gigantic animals, birds, insects , totemic gods.

the adventure of ballets suédois ended in 1924 ballet called relâche written erik satie , sets francis picabia.

nor should forget either importance of salons; princess de polignac s gatherings continued important avant-garde music. circles of madame de noailles included proust, francis jammes, colette, gide, frédéric mistral, robert de montesquiou, paul valéry, cocteau, pierre loti, paul hervieu, , max jacob.