Many famous artists have worked on set design: Picasso, Matisse, and Braque, who all designed for the Ballets Russes; more recently, David Hockney, Damien Hirst, and William Kentridge.
His mother and Picasso's mother were friends, and, while he saw the Parade which Picasso designed for the Ballets Russes in 1917, Miró was too shy to call on him.
While most people think of it as something akin to a statue, Mr. Hancock considers it anything that makes a work more than two-dimensional, whether that is appliqués on his paintings or the Bjorkian costumes and sets he designed for the 2008 ballet "Cult of Color: Call to Color".
The sets for the first act were actually those designed for the 1838 ballet, La Fille du Danube by Adam.
Yves made headlines, sold out, designed for the stage and the ballet, had his breakdowns, got rich and went on.
Curated by Rebecca Morse, and designed by Alexandre de Betak, the exhibition features pieces from Rodarte's Spring 2010, Fall 2010, and Fall 2008 runway collections, as well as original ballet costumes designed for the feature film Black Swan.
(In addition to runway clothes, Gianni designed costumes for the ballet and the theatre. His designs made reference to everything from Seneca and harlequins to Warhol).
"I took it as a compliment if people thought, 'Well, they're wearing their own clothes.' " Ms. Aldredge designed for opera, ballet and television, as well as the theater, and in a curious detour in the 1980s she produced a ready-to-wear line for Jane Fonda called Jane Fonda Workouts.
The show, "Cecil Beaton: The New York Years," includes photographs and drawings by Beaton, as well as costumes he designed for Broadway, ballet and opera.
