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Sketches by Valentine Gross c 1910.\n\nDiaghilev Ballets Russes <i>Les Sylphides,</i> choreographed by Fokine and decor by Benois was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 02 June1909, according to <i>Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929</i>, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&amp;A Publishing in 2010. However, Richard Buckle indictes in his book <i>Nijinsky on Stage</i>, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971, that the preminary sketches of <i>Les Sylphides</i> by Valentine Gross are likely to had been drawn in Theatre de l'Opera in 1910 or in Théâtre du Châtelet in 1912 (p. 19). \n\nThe sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&amp;A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. 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