Milhaud’s dance score, inventively blending Harlem jazz with cutting-edge Western classical music, helped fuel the early 1920s Parisian rage for African and Afro-American art, fashion, dance and music ...

Milhaud: La Creation Du Monde - (And all that) Jazz Charles Hazlewood continues his exploration of the impact made by jazz and dance music in European music during the 1920s and 30s. He focuses on two ...

Fernand Léger designed the set and costumes for the 1923 ballet "La création du monde," inspired by African art and iconography. Léger's sketches and drawings together with the African sculptures that ...