Spanish Season 2023: History Talk – Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in Spain
Tuesday 18th July, 5:45pm
Author and musical director Antonio Hernandez Moreno unwraps the history behind bohemian dance impresario Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes’ famous mid-first world war tour through Spain and explains his theory on the tragic connection between dancers Vaslav Nijinsky and Felix Garcia.
Part of the Spanish Season
A series of classical music and dance concerts pay tribute to the tragic Spanish dance prodigy Felix Garcia who was secretly banished to Horton Asylum in 1919, following a clash with the Russian Ballet. Certified insane and committed to an Epsom asylum. Declared dead to his family and the outside world, Félix was in fact confined secretly for another 22 years, until he died in 1941. He is buried in an unmarked mass grave at Horton Cemetery.
Tickets: £10*
Spanish Season Ticket – £60*
Book tickets for all four Spanish Season music and dance performances and save £21*
(History Talk, Boccherini in Love, Piano Recital, Spanish Soul)
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Part of Spanish Season at The Horton
A series of classical music and dance in tribute to the tragic dancer Felix Garcia, banished to Horton Asylum in 1919. Performed by celebrated artists from Spain on an international tour.
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