imagine dancing in this hand painted henry matisse. together with avant garde choreographers, they pushed the boundaries of what art was or could be. >> suddenly to be an artist you didn't have to paint on can value or create clutc sculpturer draw. suddenly art was on a three dimensional stage. >> sergei deagala drove the ballet russe. >> a supporter of the artist, somebody who was almost a monster, who was very, very driven and could be demanding. what deagalus did, bring a total spectacle, willing to work together, deagalus pushed him to experiment, he hired visual artists to think about the stage as a kind of moving canvas. >> work that continues to supplier today. these young dancers are from the kirov academy. a new generation gracing the collaborations of the ballet russe. >> dedeagala had a knack to finding discovering new things in the arts. audiences respond. they did in his day and they still do today. >> i fell in love with the idea of the artist collaborating, you know, musicians and composers, they all came together and we